Chapter on Revoking a Bequest

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 93

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 93

Chapter on Revoking a Bequest
4 hadiths
Hadith 5457

5457 - رَوَى اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ بُرَيْدٍ اَلْعِجْلِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ : "لِصَاحِبِ اَلْوَصِيَّةِ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ فِيهَا وَ يُحْدِثَ فِي وَصِيَّتِهِ مَا دَامَ حَيّاً".

Hadith.5457 - Al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Faḍḍal narrated from Ali ibn Uqbah from Burayd Al-ʿIjli from Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as), who said: "The one who makes a will has the right to revoke it or make changes to it as long as he is alive."

Hadith 5458

5458 - وَ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَقُولُ : "لِلْمُوصِي أَنْ يَرْجِعَ فِي وَصِيَّتِهِ إِنْ كَانَ فِي صِحَّةٍ أَوْ مَرَضٍ".

Hadith.5458 - Muhammad ibn Abi Umayr narrated from Bukayr ibn Aʿyan from Ubayd ibn Zurarah, who said: I heard Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) say: "The one making a will has the right to revoke it, whether he is in good health or ill."

Hadith 5459

5459 - وَ رَوَى يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اَلرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ : "قَضَى أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّ اَلْمُدَبَّرَ مِنَ اَلثُّلُثِ وَ أَنَّ لِلرَّجُلِ أَنْ يَنْقُضَ وَصِيَّتَهُ فَيَزِيدَ فِيهَا وَ يَنْقُصَ مِنْهَا مَا لَمْ يَمُتْ".

Hadith.5459 - Yunus ibn Abd Al-Rahman narrated from Abdullah ibn Muskan from Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as), who said: "The Commander of the Faithful (as) ruled that the manumitted slave (Al-mudabbar) is to be freed from one-third of the estate. A man has the right to revoke his will, to add to it or reduce from it, as long as he has not passed away."

Hadith 5460

5460 - وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ يُونُسَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اَلرَّحْمَنِ بِإِسْنَادِهِ قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ اَلْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ : "لِلرَّجُلِ أَنْ يُغَيِّرَ مِنْ وَصِيَّتِهِ فَيُعْتِقَ مَنْ كَانَ أَمَرَ بِتَمْلِيكِهِ وَ يُمَلِّكَ مَنْ كَانَ أَمَرَ بِعِتْقِهِ وَ يُعْطِيَ مَنْ كَانَ حَرَمَهُ وَ يَحْرِمَ مَنْ كَانَ أَعْطَاهُ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ رَجَعَ عَنْهُ".

Hadith.5460 - In the narration of Yunus ibn Abd Al-Rahman with his chain of transmission, Imam Ali ibn Al-Hussain (as) said: "A man has the right to alter his will. He may free the one he had initially ordered to be owned, and he may grant ownership to the one he had initially ordered to be freed. He may give to the one he had previously deprived and deprive the one he had previously granted, as long as he has not retracted from his decision."