سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) عَنْ غُلَامٍ وَ جَارِيَةٍ زَوَّجَهُمَا وَلِيَّانِ لَهُمَا وَ هُمَا غَيْرُ مُدْرِكَيْنِ قَالَ فَقَالَ النِّكَاحُ جَائِزٌ وَ أَيُّهُمَا أَدْرَكَ كَانَ لَهُ الْخِيَارُ فَإِنْ مَاتَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يُدْرِكَا فَلَا مِيرَاثَ بَيْنَهُمَا وَ لَا مَهْرَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَا قَدْ أَدْرَكَا وَ رَضِيَا قُلْتُ فَإِنْ أَدْرَكَ أَحَدُهُمَا قَبْلَ الْآخَرِ قَالَ يَجُوزُ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ إِنْ هُوَ رَضِيَ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي أَدْرَكَ قَبْلَ الْجَارِيَةَ وَ رَضِيَ بِالنِّكَاحِ ثُمَّ مَاتَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُدْرِكَ الْجَارِيَةُ أَ تَرِثُهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ يُعْزَلُ مِيرَاثُهَا مِنْهُ حَتَّى تُدْرِكَ وَ تَحْلِفَ بِاللَّهِ مَا ادَّعَاهَا إِلَى أَخْذِ الْمِيرَاثِ إِلَّا رِضَاهَا بِالتَّزْوِيجِ ثُمَّ يُدْفَعُ إِلَيْهَا الْمِيرَاثُ وَ نِصْفُ الْمَهْرِ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ مَاتَتِ الْجَارِيَةُ وَ لَمْ تَكُنْ أَدْرَكَتْ أَ يَرِثُهَا الزَّوْجُ الْمُدْرِكُ قَالَ لَا لِأَنَّ لَهَا الْخِيَارَ إِذَا أَدْرَكَتْ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ كَانَ أَبُوهَا هُوَ الَّذِي زَوَّجَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تُدْرِكَ قَالَ يَجُوزُ عَلَيْهَا تَزْوِيجُ الْأَبِ وَ يَجُوزُ عَلَى الْغُلَامِ وَ الْمَهْرُ عَلَى الْأَبِ لِلْجَارِيَةِ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, altogether from Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Ali Bin Raib, from Abu Ubeyda who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> about a boy and a girls, their guardians got them married, and they were both not matured yet. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The marriage is allowed, and whichever of the two matures, the choice would be for him. So if he were to die before he matures, so there would not be any inheritance between the two of them, nor any dowry except if they had matured and were happy (with the marriage)’. I said, ‘So if one of the two were to mature before the other?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘That is allowed upon him if he was happy (with the marriage)’. I said, ‘So if the man were to mature before the girl and he was happy with the marriage, then he dies before the girl having matured, would she inherit him?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Yes. Her inheritance would be isolated from him until she matures, and she would have to swear by Allah<sup>azwj</sup> that she is not claiming to take the inheritance except that she was happy with the marriage, then the inheritance would be handed over to her, and half of the dower’. I said, ‘So if she the girl dies and not having matured, would the mature husband inherit her?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘No, because for her was a choice when she matured’. I said, ‘So if it was her father who had got her married before she had matured?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The marriage by her father is allowed upon her, and it is allowed upon the boy, and the dower is (due) upon the father of the girl’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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