كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) اعْلَمْ يَا سَيِّدِي أَنَّ ابْنَ أَخٍ لِي تُوُفِّيَ فَأَوْصَى لِسَيِّدِي بِضَيْعَةٍ وَ أَوْصَى أَنْ يُدْفَعَ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ فِي دَارِهِ حَتَّى الْأَوْتَادُ تُبَاعُ وَ يُجْعَلُ الثَّمَنُ إِلَى سَيِّدِي وَ أَوْصَى بِحَجٍّ وَ أَوْصَى لِلْفُقَرَاءِ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ وَ أَوْصَى لِعَمَّتِهِ وَ أُخْتِهِ بِمَالٍ فَنَظَرْتُ فَإِذَا مَا أَوْصَى بِهِ أَكْثَرُ مِنَ الثُّلُثِ وَ لَعَلَّهُ يُقَارِبُ النِّصْفَ مِمَّا تَرَكَ وَ خَلَّفَ ابْناً لَهُ ثَلَاثُ سِنِينَ وَ تَرَكَ دَيْناً فَرَأْيُ سَيِّدِي فَوَقَّعَ ( عليه السلام ) يُقْتَصَرُ مِنْ وَصِيَّتِهِ عَلَى الثُّلُثِ مِنْ مَالِهِ وَ يُقْسَمُ ذَلِكَ بَيْنَ مَنْ أَوْصَى لَهُ عَلَى قَدْرِ سِهَامِهِمْ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, fromo Abdullah Bin Ja’far, from Al Husayn Bin Maalik who said, ‘I wrote to Abu Al-Hassan<sup>asws</sup>, ‘Know, my Master<sup>asws</sup>, that the son of a brother of mine dies, so he bequeathed to my Master with a place, and bequeathed that everything in his house should be handed over, even the pegs to be sold, and the price be made to my Master<sup>asws</sup>, and bequeathed with a Hajj, and bequeathed for the poor from his family, and bequeathed for his mother and his sister with wealth. So I looked, so that which he had bequeathed with was more than the third, and perhaps it was near to the half from what he had left (legacy), and he left behind a son of his of three years old, and left debts. So give me your<sup>asws</sup> view, of my Master<sup>asws</sup>’. So he<sup>asws</sup> signed: ‘Reduce his bequest to be upon the third from his wealth, and distribute that between the ones he bequeathed for upon the measurement of their share, Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Willing’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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