Al-Kafi 13240

Translation

<span style="font-size: small">Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Al Jabbar, from Safwan and Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Al Fazl Bin Shazan, from Safwan and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from safwan and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Abdul Rahman Bin Al Hajjaj that Abu Al Hassan Bin Musa </span>^asws<span style="font-size: small"> sent to him a bequest of his </span>^asws<span style="font-size: small"> father </span>^asws<span style="font-size: small">, and with a charity, along with Abu Ismail Musadif.</span> In the Name of Allah^azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful. This is what is the testament of Ja’far^asws Bin Muhammad^asws, and he^asws testifies that there is not god except for Allah^azwj, One, there being no associates for Him^azwj. For Him^azwj is the Kingdom, and for Him^azwj is the Praise. He^azwj Revives and Causes to die. In His^azwj hand is the Goodness, and He^azwj has the Authority over everything. And that Muhammad^saww is His^azwj servant and His^azwj Rasool^saww, and that the Hour is coming, there is no doubt therein, and that Allah^azwj would Resurrect the ones who are in the graves. Upon that we^asws live, and upon it we^asws die, and upon it we^asws would be Resurrected alive to Him^azwj, Allah^azwj Willing. And he^asws covenants (pledges) to his^asws children that they should not be dying except that they are Muslims, and that they should be fearing Allah^azwj, and that they should be reconciling among themselves in accordance with their abilities, so they would not cease to be with goodness for as long as they do that, if it was a Religion that they made a Religion with. And he^asws covenants that if there befalls him^asws what befalls (passes away), and he^asws does not change this covenant of his^asws and he^asws is the first with the changing of it (rightful for it) for as long as Allah^azwj Causes him^asws to remain – for so and so is such and such, and for so and so is such and such, and for so and so is such and such, and so and so is free. And he^asws makes his^asws covenant to so and so. In the Name of Allah^azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful. This is what is given in charity to Musa^asws Bin Ja’far^asws, by a land at such and such a place, and limit of the land such and such, all of it, and its trees, and its grounds, and its eggs/seeds, and its waters, and its surroundings, and its rights, and its watering places, and every right, little or more, whether there is for it in a high place or a courtyard, or branches, or dividing marks, or drainages, or inhabited or uninhabited places are hereby given in charity, with the entirety of its rights from that upon his^asws children from his^asws lineage, the men and the women, to be distributed, along with whatever Allah^azwj Mighty and Majestic would Bring out from its yields after what is sufficient from its buildings and its facilities. And afterwards, thirty clusters are to be distributed among the poor of the people of the town between the children of Musa^as, for the males being the portion of the two females. So if a woman from the children of Musa^asws were to be married, so there would be no right for her in this charity until she returns without a husband. So if she returns, there would be for her a portion similar to that which was for the unmarried daughters of Musa^asws. And if one dies from the children of Musa^asws, and for him are children, so the children would be upon the share of their father^asws, for the male being two portions of the female, upon what Musa^asws Bin Ja’far^asws stipulated among his^asws children from his^asws offspring. And if one were to die, from the children of Musa^asws and does not have any children for him, his right would be returned to the rightful ones of the charity, and it is not for the children of my^asws daughters (to have) any right in this charity of mine^asws except that they father happens to be from my^asws children. And there is no right for anyone in this charity of mine along with my^asws children, or children of my^asws children, and their posterity what remains from them anyone. And if they are extinct and there does not remain anyone from them, so my^asws charity is upon the children of my^asws father^asws, from my^asws mother for as long as one of them remains, upon what I^asws have stipulated between my^asws children and my^asws posterity. So if the children of my^asws father^asws from my^asws mother be extinct, so my^asws charity is upon the children of my^asws father and their posterity, what remains among them anyone, upon similar stipulations what was between my^asws children and my^asws posterity. So if the children of my^asws father^asws are extinct, and there does not remain anyone from them, so my^asws charity is upon the first and the foremost until Allah^azwj Makes to inherit those who inherit it and He^azwj is the best of the Causers of inheritors. Musa^asws Bin Ja’far^asws has been given this charity and he^asws is correct for holding the charity, without doubt or reversion in it ever, seeking the Face of Allah^azwj Mighty and Majestic and the House of the Hereafter. It is not permissible for a Believer who believes in Allah^azwj and the Last Day, that he sells it, or anything from it, nor gift it, nor donate it, nor change anything from it, from what I^asws have placed it until Allah^azwj Inherits the earth and whatever is upon it, and I make this charity of mine to Ali, and Ibrahim. So if they one of the two be extinct, Al-Qasim would enter along with the remaining one of the two. So if one of the two be extinct, Ismail would enter along with the remaining one of the two. So if one of the two be extinct, Al-Abbas would enter with the remain one of the two. So if one of the two be extinct, so the elder one of my^asws sons. So if there were not to remain anyone from my^asws sons except for one, so he would the one to deal with it. And Abu Al-Hassan^asws thought that his^asws father^asws placed Ismail forward in his^asws charity over Al-Abbas, and he was younger than him’.

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