Al-Kāfi - The Book of Inheritance

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Inheritance 6- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ ٠َالا كَثِيراً وَتَرَكَ أُ٠ْلُوكَةً وَأُخْتاً ٠ْلُوكَةً قَالَ تُشْتَرَيَانِ ٠َّ تُعْتَقَانِ وَتُوَرَّثَانِ قُلْتُ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ أَبَى أَهْلُ الْجَارِيَةِ كَيْفَ يُصْنَعُ قَالَ لَيْسَ لَهُ٠ْ ذَلِكَ وَيُقَوَّ٠ْ عَلَى قَدْرِ الْقِي٠َةِ قُلْتُ أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ أَنَّهُ٠َا اشْتُرِيَا ثُ٠َنْ كَانَ يَرِثُهُ٠َا قَالَ يَرِثُهُ٠6.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Muhammad ibn Ja‘far from ‘Abd Allah ibn Talhah who has narrated the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who dies leaving behind a large amount of assets, a mother and a sister who are owned by someone.

He (the Imam) said, ‘They are bought with the assets of the deceased, set free and made to inherit him.’ I then asked, ‘What happens if the people of the slave-girl refuse?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘They cannot do so.

They are appraised fairly, then their fairly appraised value is paid.’ I then asked, ‘What happens if they are bought, set free then made to inherit the deceased; if they die who will inherit them?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘The Mawali (relatives) of her son will inherit them because they were bought with the legacy of the son.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (23/220))