The Will about Something of One’s Legacy

Al-Kāfi|Volume 7|Book 1|Chapter 25

Al-Kāfi

Volume 7, Book 1, Chapter 25

The Will about Something of One’s Legacy
2 Aḥadīth
Ḥadīth 1

1- عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ جَمِيلٍ عَنْ أَبَانٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ (عَلَيْهِما السَّلام) أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَوْصَى بِشَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْ مَالِهِ فَقَالَ الشَّيْ‏ءُ فِي كِتَابِ عَلِيٍّ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) وَاحِدٌ مِنْ سِتَّةٍ.

1. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah from Muhammad ibn ‘Amr from Jamil from Aban who has narrated the following: “Ali ibn al-Husayn, ‘Alayhim al-Salam, was asked about the case of a man who made a will about something of his legacy. He (the Imam) said, ‘According to the book of Ali (a.s.), it is one-sixth.”’

Ḥadīth 2

2- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ عَنْ جَمِيلٍ عَنْ أَبَانٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ (عَلَيْهِما السَّلام) قَالَ سُئِلَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَوْصَى بِشَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْ مَالِهِ قَالَ الشَّيْ‏ءُ فِي كِتَابِ عَلِيٍّ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) مِنْ سِتَّةٍ.

2. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from ibn Faddal or others from Jamil from Aban who has narrated the following: “Ali ibn al-Husayn, ‘Alayhim al-Salam, was asked about the case of a man who made a will about something of his wealth. He (the Imam) said, ‘According to the book of Ali (a.s.), it is one-sixth.’”