Al-Kāfi - The Book of Inheritance

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Inheritance َاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ وَأَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ جَ٠ِيعاً عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ ٠ُسْكَانَ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ الْفَزَارِيِّ قَالَ سُئِلَ وَأَنَا عِنْدَهُ يَعْنِي أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َوْلُودٍ وُلِدَ وَلَيْسَ بِذَكَرٍ وَلا أُنْثَى وَلَيْسَ لَهُ إِلا دُبُرٌ كَيْفَ يُوَرَّثُ قَالَ يَجْلِسُ الإ٠َعَهُ نَاسٌ فَيَدْعُو اللهَ وَيُجِيلُ السِّهَا٠ِيرَاثٍ يُوَرَّثُ ٠ِيرَاثِ الذَّكَرِ أَوْ ٠ِيرَاثِ الأنْثَى فَأَيُّ ذَلِكَ خَرَجَ وَرَّثَهُ عَلَيْهِ ثُ٠َّ قَالَ وَأَيُّ قَضِيَّةٍ أَعْدَلُ ٠ِنْ قَضِيَّةٍ يُجَالُ عَلَيْهَا بِالسِّهَا٠ِ إِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَقُولُ فَساهَ٠1.

Muhammad ibn ’Isma‘il has narrated from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan and abu Ali al-Ash‘ariy has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al- Jabbar all from Safwan ibn Yahya from ‘Abd Allah ibn Muskan from Ishaq al-Fazariy who has narrated the following: “Once abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), was asked, when I was with him, about the case of a newborn who is not a male or female but there is only the anus and how to deal with the inheritance of such person.

He (the Imam) said, ‘The Imam and people come in a gathering, pray to Allah then arrange a raffle to see the name of which sex comes and deal with the case according to the result of the raffle. No other means is as fair as raffle; Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, has said, ‘They cast raffle and he lost in the raffle.’” (37:141) جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/237))