4570 - وَ رَوَى اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ اَلْعَلاَءِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ مَمْلُوكٍ لِرَجُلٍ أَبَقَ مِنْهُ فَأَتَى أَرْضاً فَذَكَرَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُ حُرٌّ مِنْ رَهْطِ بَنِي فُلاَنٍ وَ أَنَّهُ تَزَوَّجَ اِمْرَأَةً مِنْ أَهْلِ تِلْكَ اَلْأَرْضِ فَأَوْلَدَهَا أَوْلاَداً وَ أَنَّ اَلْمَرْأَةَ مَاتَتْ وَ تَرَكَتْ فِي يَدِهِ مَالاً وَ ضَيْعَةً وَ وَلَدَهَا ثُمَّ إِنَّ سَيِّدَهُ بَعْدُ أَتَى تِلْكَ اَلْأَرْضَ فَأَخَذَ اَلْعَبْدَ وَ جَمِيعَ مَا فِي يَدِهِ وَ أَذْعَنَ لَهُ اَلْعَبْدُ بِالرِّقِّ فَقَالَ "أَمَّا اَلْعَبْدُ فَعَبْدُهُ وَ أَمَّا اَلْمَالُ وَ اَلضَّيْعَةُ فَإِنَّهُ لِوَلَدِ اَلْمَرْأَةِ اَلْمَيِّتَةِ لاَ يَرِثُ عَبْدٌ حُرّاً" قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِلْمَرْأَةِ يَوْمَ مَاتَتْ وَلَدٌ وَ لاَ وَارِثٌ لِمَنْ يَكُونُ اَلْمَالُ وَ اَلضَّيْعَةُ اَلَّتِي تَرَكَتْهَا فِي يَدِ اَلْعَبْدِ فَقَالَ "يَكُونُ جَمِيعُ مَا تَرَكَتْ لِإِمَامِ اَلْمُسْلِمِينَ خَاصَّةً".
Hadith.4570 - Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Al-Alaa, from Muhammad ibn Muslim, who said: I asked Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir 
about a slave belonging to a man who fled and went to another land. There, he claimed to be a free man from a certain tribe and married a woman from that land, fathered children with her, and then she died, leaving behind wealth, property, and her children in his care.
Later, his master came to that land, reclaimed the slave and all that was in his possession, and the slave admitted to being his property.
Imam said: "As for the slave, he belongs to his master. However, the wealth and property belong to the children of the deceased woman. A slave does not inherit from a free person."
I said: "May I be your ransom! What if the woman had no children or heirs when she died? Who would the wealth and property belong to?"
Imam said: "All that she left behind would belong exclusively to the Imam of the Muslims."
