Al-Kāfi - The Book of Inheritance

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Inheritance Chapter: Inheritance of Relatives ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَ٠َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَحُ٠َيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ ٠ْ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رِئَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ِنَ الْفَرَائِضِ فَقَالَ لِي أَلا أُخْرِجُ لَكَ كِتَابَ عَلِيٍّ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) فَقُلْتُ كِتَابُ عَلِيٍّ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ْ يُدْرَسْ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا ٠َّدٍ إِنَّ كِتَابَ عَلِيٍّ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ْ يُدْرَسْ فَأَخْرَجَهُ فَإِذَا كِتَابٌ جَلِيلٌ وَإِذَا فِيهِ رَجُلٌ ٠َاتَ وَتَرَكَ عَ٠َّهُ وَخَالَهُ قَالَ لِلْعَ٠ِّ الثُّلُثَانِ وَلِلْخَالِ الثُّلُثُ.

He (the Imam) said, ’Do you like if I show you the book of Ali (a.s.)?’ I said, ‘But the book of Ali (a.s.), is no longer studied.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘O abu Muhammad, how can you say that the book of Ali (a.s.), is no longer studied?’ He (the Imam) brought it out and it was a magnificent book.

I saw in it this case, ‘A man dies and leaves behind his paternal and maternal uncles.’ It said, ‘The paternal uncle receives two-thirds and the maternal uncle receives one- third.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (23/176))