سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَوْصَى لِرَجُلٍ بِسَيْفٍ وَ كَانَ فِي جَفْنٍ وَ عَلَيْهِ حِلْيَةٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْوَرَثَةُ إِنَّمَا لَكَ النَّصْلُ وَ لَيْسَ لَكَ الْمَالُ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَا بَلِ السَّيْفُ بِمَا فِيهِ لَهُ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ رَجُلٌ أَوْصَى لِرَجُلٍ بِصُنْدُوقٍ وَ كَانَ فِيهِ مَالٌ فَقَالَ الْوَرَثَةُ إِنَّمَا لَكَ الصُّنْدُوقُ وَ لَيْسَ لَكَ الْمَالُ قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) الصُّنْدُوقُ بِمَا فِيهِ لَهُ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Abu Jameela, (It has been narrated) from Al-Reza<sup>asws</sup>, said, ‘I asked him<sup>asws</sup> about a man who bequeathed a sword to a man, and it was in a sheath, and upon it were ornaments. So the inheritors said to him, ‘But rather, for you is the blade, and the wealth (ornaments) is not for you’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘No, but the sword with whatever it was it, is for him’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So I said, ‘A man bequeathed a container and there used to be wealth in it. So the inheritors said, ‘But rather, for you is the container and the wealth is not for you’. So Abu Al-Hassan<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The container along with whatever is in it, is for him’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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