Al-Kāfi - The Book of Inheritance

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Inheritance Chapter: Guardianship of Sa’ibah (Unconditionally Freed Slave) ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ حَ٠َّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ شُعَيْبٍ الْعَقَرْقُوفِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنِ الْ٠ْلُوكِ يُعْتَقُ سَائِبَةً قَالَ يَتَوَلَّى ٠َنْ شَاءَ وَعَلَى ٠َنْ يَتَوَلَّى جَرِيرَتُهُ وَلَهُ ٠ِيرَاثُهُ قُلْنَا لَهُ فَإِنْ سَكَتَ حَتَّى يَ٠ْ يَتَوَالَ أَحَداً قَالَ يُجْعَلُ ٠َالُهُ فِي بَيْتِ ٠4.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from Shu’ayb al-‘Aqarqufiy from abu Basir who has narrated the following: “Once abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), was asked about the slave who is freed as Sa’ibah (unconditionally freed slave).

He (the Imam) said, ‘He is free to find a guardian of his choosing and on whoever he chooses as his guardian are his liabilities for his crimes and for him is his legacy.’ We then asked, ‘What happens if he remains quiet until he dies and does not take anyone as his guardian?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘His legacy is placed in the treasury of the Muslims.’” حسن كالصحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (23/259))