كَتَبْتُ إِلَى عَبْدٍ صَالِحٍ ( عليه السلام ) أَنِّي أَتَقَبَّلُ الْفَنَادِقَ فَيَنْزِلُ عِنْدِيَ الرَّجُلُ فَيَمُوتُ فَجْأَةً لَا أَعْرِفُهُ وَ لَا أَعْرِفُ بِلَادَهُ وَ لَا وَرَثَتَهُ فَيَبْقَى الْمَالُ عِنْدِي كَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ بِهِ وَ لِمَنْ ذَلِكَ الْمَالُ فَكَتَبَ ( عليه السلام ) اتْرُكْهُ عَلَى حَالِهِ .
Translation
Yunus, from Al Haysam Abu Rawh author of Al Khan, said, ‘I wrote to Abd Salih<sup>asws</sup> (7<sup>th</sup> Imam<sup>asws</sup>), ‘I manage hotels, so there lodged with me the man, and he died suddenly. I do not know him, nor do I know his city, nor any inheritor for him. So there remains the wealth with me, how should I deal with it, and for whom is that wealth?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> wrote: ‘Leave it upon its state’ (until you find his inheritors).
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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