سَأَلْتُ أَبَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ ( عليه السلام ) عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَكُونُ لَهُ الْوُلْدُ فَيَغِيبُ بَعْضُ وُلْدِهِ فَلَا يَدْرِي أَيْنَ هُوَ وَ مَاتَ الرَّجُلُ فَكَيْفَ يُصْنَعُ بِمِيرَاثِ الْغَائِبِ مِنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ يُعْزَلُ حَتَّى يَجِيءَ قُلْتُ فَعَلَى مَالِهِ زَكَاةٌ فَقَالَ لَا حَتَّى يَجِيءَ قُلْتُ فَإِذَا هُوَ جَاءَ أَ يُزَكِّيهِ فَقَالَ لَا حَتَّى يَحُولَ عَلَيْهِ الْحَوْلُ فِي يَدِهِ .
Translation
Muhammad in Ismail, from Al Fazl Bin Shazaan, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Is’haq Bin Ammar who said, ‘I asked Abu Ibrahim<sup>asws</sup> about the man who happens to have children for him, so one of his children is absent, and he does not know where he is, and the man dies. So how would one deal with the inheritance of the absentee from his father?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘It would be isolated until he comes over’. I said, ‘So, upon his wealth would be the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘No, until he comes over’. I said, ‘So when he does come over he would purify (pay <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>)?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘No, until a year passes by over it, being it in his hand’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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