Chapter on the Inheritance of One Who Has No Heir

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 169

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 169

Chapter on the Inheritance of One Who Has No Heir
3 Aḥadīth
Ḥadīth 5714

5714 - رَوَى اَلْعَلاَءُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ : "مَنْ مَاتَ وَ لَيْسَ لَهُ وَارِثٌ مِنْ قَرَابَةٍ وَ لاَ مَوْلَى عَتَاقَةٍ قَدْ ضَمِنَ جَرِيرَتَهُ فَمَالُهُ مِنَ اَلْأَنْفَالِ".

Hadith.5714 - Al-Alaa narrated from Muhammad ibn Muslim from Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) who said: "Whoever dies and has no heir from relatives nor a freed slave who has guaranteed his liability (jarirah), then his wealth belongs to the anfal (public treasury or property of the Islamic state)."

Ḥadīth 5715

5715 - وَ قَدْ رُوِيَ فِي خَبَرٍ آخَرَ : "أَنَّ مَنْ مَاتَ وَ لَيْسَ لَهُ وَارِثٌ فَمَالُهُ لِهَمْشَهْرِيجِهِ " يَعْنِي أَهْلَ بَلَدِهِ.

Hadith.5715 - It has also been narrated in another report: "Whoever dies and has no heir, his wealth belongs to his Hamshahrij," meaning the people of his town.

Ḥadīth 5716

5716 - وَ رَوَى اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : فِي رَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ قُتِلَ وَ لَهُ أَبٌ نَصْرَانِيٌّ لِمَنْ تَكُونُ دِيَتُهُ قَالَ "تُؤْخَذُ فَتُجْعَلُ فِي بَيْتِ مَالِ اَلْمُسْلِمِينَ لِأَنَّ جِنَايَتَهُ عَلَى بَيْتِ مَالِ اَلْمُسْلِمِينَ ".

Hadith.5716 - Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Malik ibn Atiyyah from Sulayman ibn Khalid from Abu Abdullah (as) regarding a Muslim man who was killed and had a Christian father. Imam (as) was asked: "To whom does his blood money (diyyah) go?" Imam (as) said: "It is taken and placed in the treasury (Bayt Al-Mal) of the Muslims because his liability falls upon the treasury of the Muslims."