Al-Kāfi - The Book of Inheritance

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Inheritance Chapter: Inheritance of Parents 2- الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ حَ٠َانَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) عَنْ رَجُلٍ تَرَكَ أُ٠َّهُ وَأَخَاهُ قَالَ يَا شَيْخُ تُرِيدُ عَلَى الْكِتَابِ قَالَ قُلْتُ نَعَ٠ْ قَالَ كَانَ عَلِيٌّ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َالَ الأقْرَبَ فَالأقْرَبَ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَالأخُ لا يَرِثُ شَيْئاً قَالَ قَدْ أَخْبَرْتُكَ أَنَّ عَلِيّاً (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) كَانَ يُعْطِي الْ٠َالَ الأقْرَبَ فَالأقْرَبَ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘O Shaykh, do you want the answer according to the book?’ He (the narrator) has said that I said, ‘Yes, I want it according to the book.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Ali (a.s.), would give the legacy to the nearest relative.’ I then asked, ‘So, the brother does not inherit?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘I just informed you that Ali (a.s.), would give the legacy to the nearest relative.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (23/138))