1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from Safwan from Shu’ayb from abu Basir who has narrated the following:

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah , about the case of a man who comes to a certain people and claims the house. It is in their possession but he claims to be his house. The one who has the house in his possession presents testimony that he has inherited it from his father but does not know more about it. He (the Imam) said, The party that has the greater degree of testimony is asked to take an oath and it then is given to him.’ He (the Imam) then mentioned that once a certain people came before Ali . They had a dispute over a mule. There was testimony that this party had bred it in their barn, which they did not sell, or gift; and the other party presented testimony that they had bred it in their barn and had not sold or gifted. He (the Imam) issued a judgment in favor of the party with a greater degree of testimony and asked him to take an oath. I then asked about the one who claims a house to be his house. He (the Imam) said, Tf the father of the one who lives there had taken it without price and the one living in it did not present testimony but that he has inherited it from his father’, he (the Imam) said, Tf this is the case it then belongs to the one who has claimed it and has presented testimony.’” (In al-Masalik it is said that when testimonies contradict and the asset is in their hand they each receive one-half)