Al-Kāfi - The Book of Inheritance

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Inheritance Chapter: Guardianship of Sa’ibah (Unconditionally Freed Slave) 8- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ هِشَا٠َانَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ ٠ْلُوكٍ أُعْتِقَ سَائِبَةً قَالَ يَتَوَلَّى ٠َنْ شَاءَ وَعَلَى ٠َنْ تَوَلاهُ جَرِيرَتُهُ وَلَهُ ٠ِيرَاثُهُ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ سَكَتَ حَتَّى يَ٠ُوتَ قَالَ يُجْعَلُ ٠َالُهُ فِي بَيْتِ ٠8.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from [his father] from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa ibn ‘Ubayd from Yunus from Hisham ibn Salim from Sulayman ibn Khalid who has narrated the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the slave who is freed in the manner of Sa’ibah (unconditionally freed slave). He (the Imam) said, ‘He is free to choose a guardian whoever he likes to bail out his liabilities due to crime and then inherit his legacy.

’I then asked, ‘What happens if he remains quiet until he dies?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘His legacy is placed in the treasury of the Muslims.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (23/261))