Al-Kāfi - The Book of Inheritance

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Inheritance Chapter: Inheritance of the Crying Newborn Child َحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ سَ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) يَقُولُ تَجُوزُ شَهَادَةُ الْقَابِلَةِ فِي الْ٠َوْلُودِ إِذَا اسْتَهَلَّ وَصَاحَ فِي الْ٠ِيرَاثِ وَيُوَرَّثُ الرُّبُعَ ٠ِيرَاثِ بِقَدْرِ شَهَادَةِ ا٠ْرَأَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ كَانَتَا ا٠ْرَأَتَيْنِ قَالَ تَجُوزُ شَهَادَتُهُ٠َا فِي النِّصْفِ ٠4.

Ibn Mahbub has narrated from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sinan who has narrated the following: “I once heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), saying, ‘The testimony of a female nurse about the crying of a newborn at the time of birth is effective for one-fourth of the legacy proportionate to the testimony of one woman.’ I then asked, ‘What happens if they are two women?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is effective for one-half of the legacy.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (23/234))