5574 - وَ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ اَلْبَغْدَادِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ اَلنَّوْفَلِيِّ قَالَ : كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ اَلثَّانِي عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ أَرْضٍ أَوْقَفَهَا جَدِّي عَلَى اَلْمُحْتَاجِينَ مِنْ وُلْدِ فُلاَنِ بْنِ فُلاَنٍ اَلرَّجُلِ اَلَّذِي يَجْمَعُ اَلْقَبِيلَةَ وَ هُمْ كَثِيرٌ مُتَفَرِّقُونَ فِي اَلْبِلاَدِ وَ فِي وُلْدِ اَلْوَاقِفِ حَاجَةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ فَسَأَلُونِي أَنْ أَخُصَّهُمْ بِهَا دُونَ سَائِرِ وُلْدِ اَلرَّجُلِ اَلَّذِي يَجْمَعُ اَلْقَبِيلَةَ فَأَجَابَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ "ذَكَرْتَ اَلْأَرْضَ اَلَّتِي أَوْقَفَهَا جَدُّكَ عَلَى فُقَرَاءِ وُلْدِ فُلاَنٍ وَ هِيَ لِمَنْ حَضَرَ اَلْبَلَدَ اَلَّذِي فِيهِ اَلْوَقْفُ وَ لَيْسَ لَكَ أَنْ تَبْتَغِيَ مَنْ كَانَ غَائِباً".
Hadith.5574 - Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Mahbub narrated from Musa ibn Ja'far Al-Baghdadi from Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Sulayman Al-Nawfali, who said:
I wrote to Abu Ja'far Al-Thani 
, peace be upon him, asking about a piece of land that my grandfather had endowed for the needy among the descendants of so-and-so, the man who united the tribe.
However, they are numerous and scattered across different lands, while the descendants of the one who made the endowment are in severe need.
They asked me to allocate the endowment specifically to them, excluding the other descendants of the man who united the tribe.
Imam replied: "You mentioned the land that your grandfather endowed for the poor among the descendants of so-and-so. It is designated for those who are present in the town where the endowment exists, and you are not permitted to seek out those who are absent."
