Al-Kafi 13145

Translation

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father and Muhammad Bin Ismail, from al Fazal Bin Shazaan, both together from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Jameel Bin Darraj, from Zakariyya Bin Yahya Al Shuairy, from Al Hakam Bin Uteyba who said, ‘We were at the door of Abu Ja’far^asws and we were a group awaiting for him^asws to come out, when a woman came over, so she said, ‘Which one of you is Abu Ja’far^asws?’ So the group said to her, ‘What do you want from him^asws?’ She said, ‘I want to ask him^asws about a certain problem’. So they said, ‘This is a jurist of the people of Al Iraq, so ask him’. So she said, ‘My husband died and left a thousand Dirhams, and there was for me, upon him, my dowry of five hundred Dirhams. So I took my dowry, and took my inheritance, then a man came over, so he laid a claim upon him for a thousand Dirhams. So I testified in his favour’. So while we were counting when Abu Ja’far^asws came out, so he^asws said: ‘What is this which I^asws see you moving your fingers for, O Hakam?’ So I said, ‘This woman mentioned that her husband died and left a thousand Dirham, and there was for her upon him, from her dowry of five hundred Dirhams. So she took her dowry and took her inheritance. Then a man came over, so he laid a claim upon him of a thousand Dirhams. So she testified for him’. So Al-Hakam said, ‘By Allah^azwj! I had not even completed my speech until he^asws said: ‘She has accepted with a third of what was in her hands, and there is no inheritance for her’. Al-Hakam said, ‘So I had not seen, by Allah^azwj, anyone of more understanding than Abu Ja’far^asws, at all’.

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