( عليه السلام ) الْمَفْقُودُ يَحْبِسُ مَالَهُ الْوَرَثَةُ عَلَى قَدْرِ مَا يُطْلَبُ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَرْبَعَ سِنِينَ فَإِنْ لَمْ يُقْدَرْ عَلَيْهِ قُسِمَ مَالُهُ بَيْنَ الْوَرَثَةِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ وُلْدٌ حُبِسَ الْمَالُ وَ أُنْفِقَ عَلَى وُلْدِهِ تِلْكَ الْأَرْبَعَ سِنِينَ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Usman Bin Isa, from Sama’at, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘The lost one, the inheritors should withhold his wealth upon doing their best to seek him in the earth, for four years. So if they are not able to locate him, the wealth is distributed between the inheritors. And if there was a child for him, withhold the wealth, and spend upon that very child for four years’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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