Al-Kafi 8927

Translation

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Ismail who said, ‘A man from our companions died and did not bequeath, and his matter was raised to a judge of Al-Kufa. So Abdul Hameed became the custodian of his wealth, and the man had left behind young inheritors, and goods, and slave girls. Abdul Hameed sold the goods, but when he intended to sell the slave girls, his heart weakened regarding their sale since the deceased had not made the bequest to him, and his custodianship in it was by the order of the judge, (and) because of their chastity’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So I mentioned that to Abu Ja’far^asws and I said to him^asws, ‘The man from our companions died and did not bequeath to anyone, and he left behind slave girls. So the judge made a man from us to be a custodian in order to sell them’, or said, ‘A man from us was made a custodian with that, but his heart weakened, because of their chastity. So what is your^asws view regarding that?’ So he^asws said: ‘If it was such that the custodian was like you and like Abdul Hameed, so there is no problem’.

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