John Shaqi

كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ الْمَرْأَةُ تَمُوتُ فَيَدَّعِي أَبُوهَا أَنَّهُ كَانَ أَعَارَهَا بَعْضَ مَا كَانَ عِنْدَهَا مِنْ مَتَاعٍ وَ خَدَمٍ أَ تُقْبَلُ دَعْوَاهُ بِلَا بَيِّنَةٍ أَمْ لَا تُقْبَلُ دَعْوَاهُ إِلَّا بِبَيِّنَةٍ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ يَجُوزُ بِلَا بَيِّنَةٍ قَالَ وَ كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ إِنِ ادَّعَى زَوْجُ الْمَرْأَةِ الْمَيِّتَةِ أَوْ أَبُو زَوْجِهَا أَوْ أُمُّ زَوْجِهَا فِي مَتَاعِهَا أَوْ [فِي] خَدَمِهَا مِثْلَ الَّذِي ادَّعَى أَبُوهَا مِنْ عَارِيَّةِ بَعْضِ الْمَتَاعِ أَوِ الْخَدَمِ أَ تَكُونُ فِي ذَلِكَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْأَبِ فِي الدَّعْوَى فَكَتَبَ ( عليه السلام ) لَا .


Translation

Muhammad Bin Ja’far Al Kufy, from Muhammad Bin Al Ismail, from Ja’far Bin Isa who said, ‘I wrote to Abu Al-Hassan<sup>asws</sup>, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! The woman dies, so her father claims that he had lent to her what was with her, from the possessions, and a servant. Would his testimony be accepted for his claim without a proof, or his claim would not be acceptable except with the proof?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> wrote to him: ‘It is allowed without proof’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘And I wrote to him<sup>asws</sup> that if a husband of the deceased woman were to claim, or father of her husband, or mother of her husband, with regards to possessions, or regarding a servant, similar to what her father had claimed from having lent some of the possessions, or the servant. Would they be with regards to that, at the status of the father?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> wrote: ‘No’.


Book (Kitab)كِتَابُ الْقَضَاءِ وَ الْأَحْكَامِ
Chapter (Bab)باب النَّوَادِرِ
CollectionAl-Kafi

Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni

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