رَجُلٍ كَانَ لَهُ عَلَى رَجُلٍ حَقٌّ فَفَقَدَهُ وَ لَا يَدْرِي أَيْنَ يَطْلُبُهُ وَ لَا يَدْرِي أَ حَيٌّ هُوَ أَمْ مَيِّتٌ وَ لَا يَعْرِفُ لَهُ وَارِثاً وَ لَا نَسَباً وَ لَا بَلَداً قَالَ اطْلُبْ قَالَ إِنَّ ذَلِكَ قَدْ طَالَ فَأَتَصَدَّقُ بِهِ قَالَ اطْلُبْهُ .
Translation
Yunus, from Abu Sabit and Ibn Awn, from Muawiya Bin Wahab, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> regarding a man who had a right upon a man, so he lost him and he did not know where to seek him, and he did not know whether he was alive or he was dead, and he did not recognise an inheritor for him, nor a clan, nor a city. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Seek him’. He said, If that is prolonged, so I should give in charity with it?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Seek him’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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