Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

رَوَى عَمْرُو بْنُ سَعِيدٍ اَلْمَدَائِنِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُمَرَ اَلسَّابَاطِيِّ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ يَعْنِي اَلثَّانِيَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَوْصَى إِلَيَّ وَ أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُعْطِيَ عَمّاً لَهُ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ شَيْئاً فَمَاتَ اَلْعَمُّ فَكَتَبَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ "أَعْطِ وَرَثَتَهُ".

Amr ibn Sa'id Al-Mada'ini narrated from Muhammad ibn Umar Al-Sabati who said: I asked Abu Ja'far Al-Thani (a.s), (the second (a.s)), about a man who had appointed me as his executor and instructed to give something to his uncle every year. The uncle then passed away. Abu Jafar (a.s) wrote in response: "Give it to his heirs."

وَ رَوَى عَاصِمُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ اَلْبَاقِرِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "قَضَى أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ فِي رَجُلٍ أَوْصَى لآِخَرَ وَ اَلْمُوصَى لَهُ غَائِبٌ فَتُوُفِّيَ اَلَّذِي أُوصِيَ لَهُ قَبْلَ اَلْمُوصِي قَالَ "اَلْوَصِيَّةُ لِوَارِثِ اَلَّذِي أُوصِيَ لَهُ" وَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ "مَنْ أَوْصَى لِأَحَدٍ شَاهِدٍ أَوْ غَائِبٍ فَتُوُفِّيَ اَلْمُوصَى لَهُ قَبْلَ اَلْمُوصِي فَالْوَصِيَّةُ لِوَارِثِ اَلَّذِي أُوصِيَ لَهُ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ فِي وَصِيَّتِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمُوتَ" ".

Asim ibn Humaid narrated from Muhammad ibn Qays from Abu Ja'far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (a.s) who said: "Commander of the Faithful (a.s) ruled concerning a man who made a bequest to another, but the person to whom the bequest was made was absent and died before the one who made the bequest. Imam (a.s) said: 'The bequest is for the heir of the one to whom it was made.' Imam (a.s) also said: 'Whoever makes a bequest to someone, whether present or absent, and the beneficiary dies before the one who made the bequest, then the bequest goes to the heir of the beneficiary, unless the testator revokes the bequest before his own death.'"

وَ رَوَى اَلْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ عَنْ مُثَنًّى قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ أُوصِيَ لَهُ بِوَصِيَّةٍ فَمَاتَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقْبِضَهَا وَ لَمْ يَتْرُكْ عَقِباً قَالَ "اُطْلُبْ لَهُ وَارِثاً أَوْ مَوْلًى فَادْفَعْهَا إِلَيْهِ" قُلْتُ فَإِنْ لَمْ يُعْلَمْ لَهُ وَلِيُّ قَالَ "اِجْهَدْ أَنْ تَقْدِرَ لَهُ عَلَى وَلِيٍّ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدْهُ وَ عَلِمَ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مِنْكَ اَلْجَهْدَ فَتَصَدَّقْ بِهَا".

Al-Abbas ibn Amir narrated from Muthanna who said: I asked Imam (a.s) about a man for whom a bequest was made, but he died before receiving it and left no offspring. Imam (a.s) said: "Seek an heir or his mawla (guardian) and give it to him." I asked: "What if no heir is known?" Imam (a.s) replied: "Exert yourself in searching for an heir for him, and if you cannot find one and Allah (swt), the Exalted, knows of your sincere effort, then give it in charity."