Chapter on Bequests Made Through Writing and Gestures

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 92

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 92

Chapter on Bequests Made Through Writing and Gestures

Hadith #5456

5456 - وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ اَلْهَمَذَانِيِّ قَالَ : كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ رَجُلٌ كَتَبَ كِتَاباً بِخَطِّهِ وَ لَمْ يَقُلْ لِوَرَثَتِهِ هَذِهِ وَصِيَّتِي وَ لَمْ يَقُلْ إِنِّي قَدْ أَوْصَيْتُ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ كَتَبَ كِتَاباً فِيهِ مَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوصِيَ بِهِ هَلْ يَجِبُ عَلَى وَرَثَتِهِ اَلْقِيَامُ بِمَا فِي اَلْكِتَابِ بِخَطِّهِ وَ لَمْ يَأْمُرْهُمْ بِذَلِكَ فَكَتَبَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ "إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ وُلْدٌ يُنْفِذُونَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ يَجِدُونَ فِي كِتَابِ أَبِيهِمْ فِي وَجْهِ اَلْبِرِّ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ".

Hadith.5456 - It was narrated from Ibrahim ibn Muhammad Al-Hamadhani, who said: I wrote to Abu Al-Hasan Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib regarding a man who wrote something in his own handwriting but did not tell his heirs, "This is my will," nor did he say, "I have made a will." However, he wrote a document that contained what he intended to bequeath. I asked whether it was obligatory for his heirs to fulfill what was written in his handwriting, even though he did not command them to do so. Abu Al-Hasan replied: "If he had children, they must carry out everything they find written in their father's document, whether it pertains to acts of righteousness or anything else."