Al-Kafi 13541

Translation

Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Al Hassan Bin Muhammad Bin Sama’at, from Ibn Rabat and Abdullah Bin Jabalat, from Is’haq Bin Ammar, (It has been narrated) from Abu Al Hassan^asws the first, said, ‘I asked him^asws about a man who had children for him, so one of his children disappeared and he did not know where he was, and the man died. So what should be done with the inheritance of the man, for the absent one from his father?’ He^asws said: ‘Keep it aside until he comes’. I said, ‘So upon his wealth is the Zakat?’ He^asws said: ‘No, until he comes’. I said, ‘So if he comes, he has to purify it (by paying Zakat)?’ He^asws said: ‘No, until there turns a year with it being in his hands’. So I said, ‘The man is lost and does not come?’ He^asws said: ‘If the inheritors of the man can be relied upon with his wealth, so distribute it between them. So whenever he comes, it should be returned to him’.

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