قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) كَانَ لِي أَخٌ هَلَكَ فَأَوْصَى إِلَى أَخٍ أَكْبَرَ مِنِّي وَ أَدْخَلَنِي مَعَهُ فِي الْوَصِيَّةِ وَ تَرَكَ ابْناً لَهُ صَغِيراً وَ لَهُ مَالٌ فَيَضْرِبُ بِهِ أَخِي فَمَا كَانَ مِنْ فَضْلٍ سَلَّمَهُ لِلْيَتِيمِ وَ ضَمِنَ لَهُ مَالَهُ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ لِأَخِيكَ مَالٌ يُحِيطُ بِمَالِ الْيَتِيمِ إِنْ تَلِفَ فَلَا بَأْسَ بِهِ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ فَلَا يَعْرِضْ لِمَالِ الْيَتِيمِ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Asbaat Bin Salim who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, ‘A brother of mine died, so he bequeathed to an elder brother of mine and included me with him in the bequest, and he left some wealth for a young son of his. So my brother worked with it, and whatever used to be excess, submitted it to the orphan, and is responsible for him for his wealth’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘If there was wealth for your brother which overcomes the wealth of the orphan if there is damage (losses incurred), so there is no problem with it, and if there does no happen to be (sufficient) wealth for him, so he should not expose the wealth of the orphan (to losses)’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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