قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) هَلْ يَجْزِي الْوَلَدُ وَالِدَهُ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ لَهُ جَزَاءٌ إِلَّا فِي خَصْلَتَيْنِ يَكُونُ الْوَالِدُ مَمْلُوكاً فَيَشْتَرِيهِ ابْنُهُ فَيُعْتِقُهُ أَوْ يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ فَيَقْضِيهِ عَنْهُ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Ismail Bin Bazie, from Hannan Bin Sadeyr, from his father who said, ‘I said to Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>, ‘Can the son suffice a father?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘There is no sufficing for him except in two characteristics – The father is an owned slave, so his son buys him off and frees him, or there happen to be debts upon him, so he (the son) fulfils it on his behalf’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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