Al-Kāfi - The Book of Inheritance

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Inheritance Chapter: The Legacy is Just for the Eldest Son ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَ٠َّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ رِبْعِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َاتَ الرَّجُلُ فَسَيْفُهُ وَخَاتَ٠ُصْحَفُهُ وَكُتُبُهُ وَرَحْلُهُ وَرَاحِلَتُهُ وَكِسْوَتُهُ لأكْبَرِ وُلْدِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ الأكْبَرُ ابْنَةً فَلِلأكْبَرِ ٠4.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from his father from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from ‘Rib‘iy ibn ‘Abd Allah who has narrated the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah, Alayhi al-Salam, has said, ‘When a man dies, his sword, ring, holy book, his books, his personal belongings, his stumper and clothes belong to his eldest son and if the eldest among his children is a girl then such items belong to the next eldest son.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (23/132))