كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) أَنَّ فُلَاناً ابْتَاعَ ضَيْعَةً فَوَقَفَهَا وَ جَعَلَ لَكَ فِي الْوَقْفِ الْخُمُسَ وَ يَسْأَلُ عَنْ رَأْيِكَ فِي بَيْعِ حِصَّتِكَ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ أَوْ يُقَوِّمُهَا عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بِمَا اشْتَرَاهَا بِهِ أَوْ يَدَعُهَا مَوْقُوفَةً فَكَتَبَ ( عليه السلام ) إِلَيَّ أَعْلِمْ فُلَاناً أَنِّي آمُرُهُ بِبَيْعِ حَقِّي مِنَ الضَّيْعَةِ وَ إِيصَالِ ثَمَنِ ذَلِكَ إِلَيَّ وَ إِنَّ ذَلِكَ رَأْيِي إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَوْ يُقَوِّمُهَا عَلَى نَفْسِهِ إِنْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ أَوْفَقَ لَهُ وَ كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ أَنَّ الرَّجُلَ ذَكَرَ أَنَّ بَيْنَ مَنْ وَقَفَ بَقِيَّةَ هَذِهِ الضَّيْعَةِ عَلَيْهِمُ اخْتِلَافاً شَدِيداً وَ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ يَأْمَنُ أَنْ يَتَفَاقَمَ ذَلِكَ بَيْنَهُمْ بَعْدَهُ فَإِنْ كَانَ تَرَى أَنْ يَبِيعَ هَذَا الْوَقْفَ وَ يَدْفَعَ إِلَى كُلِّ إِنْسَانٍ مِنْهُمْ مَا كَانَ وُقِفَ لَهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ أَمَرْتَهُ فَكَتَبَ بِخَطِّهِ إِلَيَّ وَ أَعْلِمْهُ أَنَّ رَأْيِي لَهُ إِنْ كَانَ قَدْ عَلِمَ الِاخْتِلَافَ مَا بَيْنَ أَصْحَابِ الْوَقْفِ أَنْ يَبِيعَ الْوَقْفَ أَمْثَلُ فَإِنَّهُ رُبَّمَا جَاءَ فِي الِاخْتِلَافِ مَا فِيهِ تَلَفُ الْأَمْوَالِ وَ النُّفُوسِ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa and a number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, both together from Ali Bin Mahziyar who said, ‘I wrote to Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> that so and so bought a place, so he dedicated it, and made for you<sup>asws</sup> in the dedication, a fifth, and he asks about your view with regards to selling your<sup>asws</sup> share from the land, or evaluate it upon himself with what he had bought it for, or leave it as dedicated’. So he<sup>asws</sup> wrote to me: ‘Let him know that I<sup>asws</sup> order him to sell my<sup>asws</sup> right from the place, and deliver the price of that to me<sup>asws</sup>. And that is my<sup>asws</sup> view, Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Willing, or he can evaluate it upon himself if that is more satisfactory for him’. And I wrote to him<sup>asws</sup> that the man mentioned that in between the one whom he had dedicated this place over them, there is intense differing, and he is not secure that they would reconcile that between them after him. So it was your<sup>asws</sup> view that he should sell this dedicated land and hand over to every person from them what was dedicated to him from that, order it’. So he<sup>asws</sup> wrote by his<sup>asws</sup> own handwriting to me: ‘Let him know that my<sup>asws</sup> view for him is that if he knew of the differing what is between the owners of the dedication, that selling the dedicated land would be more favourable, as perhaps there comes in the differing what is therein, damage to the wealth and the souls’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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