The Will and What it Must Consist of

The Witness for the Will

A Man Makes a Will and Appoints an Executor but he Refuses to Accept it

The Owner is more Rightful to his Property as Long as he is Living

Making a Will for the Heir

The Matters for which one can Make a Will and what is Preferable in the Issue

Another Chapter

A Man Makes a Will, then Cancels it

If the Beneficiary of a Will dies before the Death of the Testator or before Taking Possession

Executing the Will as it Requires

A Will for Setting free Slaves, Charity or al-Hajj

The Executor of the Will must Correct the Possible Violation of the Law in the Will

An Executor of the Will is held Responsible for Changing a Lawful Will

Al-Mudabbar (the Slave for whose Freedom Death of the Master is a Condition) is from One Third of the Legacy

First the Shroud, then Debts, then Will is paid for from the Legacy

The Will and Debts

One Who Sets Free a Slave and He is Indebted

The Will about a Contracted Slave

The Will of Immature Boys and Girls, the Lawful and Unlawful Matters in it

Will in Favor of Mothers of Children

The Matters Permissible in Endowment, Charity, Gift, Present, Providing Conditional Housing and Matters Permissible or otherwise for a Child and others

The Will for a Part of One’s Assets

The Will about Something of One’s Legacy

The Will about a Share of One’s Legacy

One in His Illness Confesses His Indebtedness to One of his Heirs

When certain ones of the Heirs Confirm Freeing of a Slave or Debts

The Case of One Who Leaves very Little Legacy with a Larger Amount of Debt and Dependents

The Adults whose Will is not Acceptable

Distribution of What is Bequeathed To Relatives

The Case of one who Makes a Bequest for an Adult with whom a Child must Share

The Case of One’s Appointing Two Executors for the Will, Each of whom Deals with a Certain Portion of the Legacy

Charities of the Holy Prophet, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, Fatimah and ‘A’immah, ‘Alayhim al-Salam

Things that Reach a Deceased after his Death

The Rare Ahadith

The Case of One who Dies without a Will, Leaves behind Small Heirs and it is Sold upon Him

The Executor of the Will Hands over the Assets of Children who were Small, now Adults, but they Refuse to Take Charge, the Children who Become Adults but are not Found to be of Proper Understanding, the Limit of Adulthood

The Ordained Shares

The Legacy Comes from the Share of the One Nearest in Relationship to Him and that the Owner of Ordained Share is more Deserving than those who do not have any Ordained Share

Obligations are not Fulfilled without the Sword

Invalidity of Deficiency (in the Ordained Shares)

Another Chapter on Invalidity of al-‘Awl (deficiency or excess) and the Ordained Shares are not more than Six

Knowing to Avoid Deficiency

With the Existence of a Child and Parents no one Else Inherits Except a Husband and Wife

The Reason Why Ordained Shares are not more than Six

The Reason Why a Male’s Share is Twice the Share of a Female

The Legacy is Just for the Eldest Son

The Share of Children from the Legacy

The Share of Grandchildren in the legacy

Inheritance of Parents

Inheritance of Parents with Brothers and Sisters from the Father and Brothers and Sisters from the Mother

The Inheritance of a Son with both Parents

Inheritance of the Son, with Husband and Woman and Both Parents

Inheritance of Parents with Husband and Wife

AI-Kalalah (Burdensome one’s in Inheritance)

Inheritance of Brothers and Sisters with Children

Inheritance of the Grandfather

Brothers from a Mother with the Grandfather

Son of a Brother with a Grandfather

Inheritance of Relatives

A Woman Leaves Behind Just her Husband

A Deceased Leaves behind Just his Wife

Women do not Inherit Anything from Real Property

Dispute of Man and Woman over Household Items

Inheritance of a Boy and a Girl who are not yet Mature

The Inheritance of a Married and Mature Female before going to Bed

Inheritance of Women Divorced during Illness or without Illness

Inheritance of Relatives with Mawali

Inheritance of People Drowned and because of the Collapse of a Structure on them

Inheritance of People Killed, those who Inherit and those who do not Inherit from the Wergild

The Inheritance of a Killer

Inheritance of People of other Religions

Another Chapter on Inheritance of People of other Religions

The Inheritance of the People of Religion among them according to the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Holy Prophet

If a Deceased Leaves Behind Muslim and non-Muslim Heirs

Inheritance of Slaves

The Free and Slaves do not Inherit each other

Deceased leaves Behind One Free and One Owned Heir

The Inheritance Due to Special Contract

Inheritance of an Apostate

Inheritance of One who is Lost

Inheritance of the Crying Newborn Child

Inheritance of Hermaphrodite

Inheritance of the Child of Parents who Condemn Each other (al -Mula‘anah (condemnation))

Another Chapter about the Child of Mula‘anah (condemnation)

Inheritance of a Child from Fornication

The Case of a Child Carried away from his Birthplace ( al-Hamil )

Confirming of Certain Heir a Debt

1- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ جَمِيعاً عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ سَأَلَنِي هَلْ يَقْضِي ابْنُ أَبِي لَيْلَى بِالْقَضَاءِ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ عَنْهُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّهُ قَضَى فِي مَتَاعِ الرَّجُلِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ إِذْ مَاتَ أَحَدُهُمَا فَادَّعَاهُ وَرَثَةُ الْحَيِّ وَوَرَثَةُ الْمَيِّتِ أَوْ طَلَّقَهَا الرَّجُلُ فَادَّعَاهُ الرَّجُلُ وَادَّعَتْهُ النِّسَاءُ بِأَرْبَعِ قَضِيَّاتٍ فَقَالَ وَمَا ذَاكَ فَقُلْتُ أَمَّا أُولَيهُنَّ فَقَضَى فِيهِ بِقَوْلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ النَّخَعِيِّ كَانَ يَجْعَلُ مَتَاعَ الْمَرْأَةِ الَّتِي لا يَصْلُحُ لِلرِّجَالِ لِلْمَرْأَةِ وَمَتَاعَ الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي لا يَصْلُحُ لِلنِّسَاءِ لِلرَّجُلِ وَمَا كَانَ لِلرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ بَيْنَهُمَا نِصْفَانِ ثُمَّ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّهُمَا مُدَّعِيَانِ جَمِيعاً فَالَّذِي بِأَيْدِيهِمَا جَمِيعاً بَيْنَهُمَا نِصْفَانِ ثُمَّ قَالَ الرِّجَالُ صَاحِبُ الْبَيْتِ وَالْمَرْأَةُ الدَّاخِلَةُ عَلَيْهِ وَهِيَ الْمُدَّعِيَةُ فَالْمَتَاعُ كُلُّهُ لِلرَّجُلِ إِلا مَتَاعَ النِّسَاءِ الَّذِي لا يَكُونُ لِلرِّجَالِ فَهُوَ لِلْمَرْأَةِ ثُمَّ قَضَى بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بِقَضَاءٍ لَوْ لا أَنِّي شَاهَدْتُهُ لَمْ أَرُدَّهُ عَلَيْهِ مَاتَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنَّا وَلَهَا زَوْجُهَا وَتَرَكَتْ مَتَاعاً فَرَفَعْتُهُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ اكْتُبُوا الْمَتَاعَ فَلَمَّا قَرَأَهُ قَالَ لِلزَّوْجِ هَذَا يَكُونُ لِلرَّجُلِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ فَقَدْ جَعَلْنَاهُ لِلْمَرْأَةِ إِلا الْمِيزَانَ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْ مَتَاعِ الرَّجُلِ فَهُوَ لَكَ فَقَالَ لِي فَعَلَى أَيِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ هُوَ الْيَوْمَ قُلْتُ رَجَعَ إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ بِقَوْلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ النَّخَعِيِّ أَنْ جَعَلَ الْبَيْتَ لِلرَّجُلِ ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ مَا تَقُولُ أَنْتَ فِيهِ فَقَالَ الْقَوْلَ الَّذِي أَخْبَرْتَنِي أَنَّكَ شَهِدْتَهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ قَدْ رَجَعَ عَنْهُ فَقُلْتُ يَكُونُ الْمَتَاعُ لِلْمَرْأَةِ فَقَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ أَقَامَتْ بَيِّنَةً إِلَى كَمْ كَانَتْ تَحْتَاجُ فَقُلْتُ شَاهِدَيْنِ فَقَالَ لَوْ سَأَلْتَ مَنْ بَيْنَهُمَا يَعْنِي الْجَبَلَيْنِ وَنَحْنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِمَكَّةَ لأخْبَرُوكَ أَنَّ الْجَهَازَ وَالْمَتَاعَ يُهْدَى عَلانِيَةً مِنْ بَيْتِ الْمَرْأَةِ إِلَى بَيْتِ زَوْجِهَا فَهِيَ الَّتِي جَاءَتْ بِهِ وَهَذَا الْمُدَّعِي فَإِنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّهُ أَحْدَثَ فِيهِ شَيْئاً فَلْيَأْتِ عَلَيْهِ الْبَيِّنَةَ. 

1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father and Muhammad ibn ’Isma‘il has narrated from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan from all from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from ‘ Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hajjaj who has narrated the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), once asked me, ‘Does ibn abu Layla 5 reverse his judgments? 5 I replied, ‘I have come to know that he issued a judgment about the assets of man and woman when one of them died and the living heirs claim it as well as the heirs of the dead, or when she is divorced then the men claim it as well as women. It is about four cases. He (the Imam) asked, ‘What are they? 5 I replied, ‘The first is that he issued judgment by the words of Ibrahim al-Nakha‘iy. He (Ibrahim) would give the items that were especially for women to women and those for men to men and whatever was for both men and women, divide between them half-and-half. Then I came to know that he said, “Men are the owner of the house and women are additions on them. She is the plaintiff. All items belong to men except those especially for women which are for women. 55 He then issued a judgment that if I had not experienced it I would not mention. A woman from us died and left behind her husband and assets. I took the case before him. He then asked us to list the goods. When he read it, he then said to the husband, “This is for both man and woman so we give it to the woman, except the balance because it is of the assets of man and it is for you. 55 5 He (the Imam) asked, ‘What is his judgment now? 5 I replied, ‘He has reversed and now he says according to the words of Ibrahim al-Nakha‘iy that the house is for man. 5 I then asked him (the Imam) what he (the Imam) said in the case. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is the case that you experienced and that he then reversed. 5 1 then asked, ‘Do the items belong to the woman? 5 He (the Imam) said, ‘Consider, if she were to present proof; how much proof would she need? 5 1 replied, ‘She needed two witnesses. 5 He (the Imam) said, ‘Were you to ask from between the two mountains - we were in Makkah in those days - they tell you that the items and assets that are given as gifts publicly from the house of the woman to the house of her husband is what she has brought (belongs to her). He is the plaintiff and if he thinks that he has increased anything to it he must present testimony. 

Al-Kāfi - Volume 7

Book 2, Chapter 28