5554 - وَ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ اَلْكُلَيْنِيُّ رَضِيَ اَللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ : كَتَبْتُ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ رَجُلٌ جَعَلَ لَكَ جَعَلَنِيَ اَللَّهُ فِدَاكَ شَيْئاً مِنْ مَالِهِ ثُمَّ اِحْتَاجَ إِلَيْهِ أَ يَأْخُذُهُ لِنَفْسِهِ أَوْ يَبْعَثُ بِهِ إِلَيْكَ فَقَالَ "هُوَ بِالْخِيَارِ فِي ذَلِكَ مَا لَمْ يُخْرِجْهُ عَنْ يَدِهِ وَ لَوْ وَصَلَ إِلَيْنَا لَرَأَيْنَا أَنْ نُوَاسِيَهُ بِهِ وَ قَدِ اِحْتَاجَ إِلَيْهِ" قَالَ وَ كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ أَوْصَى لَكَ جَعَلَنِي اَللَّهُ فِدَاكَ بِشَيْءٍ مَعْلُومٍ مِنْ مَالِهِ وَ أَوْصَى لِأَقْرِبَائِهِ مِنْ قِبَلِ أَبِيهِ وَ أُمِّهِ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ غَيَّرَ اَلْوَصِيَّةَ فَحَرَمَ مَنْ أَعْطَى وَ أَعْطَى مَنْ حَرَمَ أَ يَجُوزُ لَهُ ذَلِكَ فَكَتَبَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ "هُوَ بِالْخِيَارِ فِي جَمِيعِ ذَلِكَ إِلَى أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُ اَلْمَوْتُ".
Hadith.5554 - Muhammad ibn Ya'qub Al-Kulayni, may Allah (swt) be pleased with him, narrated from Muhammad ibn Yahya from Muhammad ibn Isa ibn Ubayd, who said:
"I wrote to Imam Ali ibn Muhammad Al-Hadi 
asking about a man who allocated something from his wealth for you - may Allah (swt) make me your sacrifice - but later found himself in need of it. Should he take it back for himself or still send it to you?"
Imam replied: "He has the choice in this matter as long as he has not handed it over. And if it were to reach us, we would consider supporting him with it since he is now in need."
He (Muhammad ibn Isa) further wrote to Imam , asking about a man who made a will, designating something specific from his wealth for you - may Allah (swt) make me your sacrifice - and also bequeathed portions to his relatives from his father's and mother's side.
Then he altered the will, depriving those he had initially granted and granting to those he had initially deprived. Is this permissible for him?
Imam wrote in response: "He has full discretion in all of this until death approaches him."
