Chapter 22

حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى ، عَنْ مُعَاذٍ ، عَنْ أَشْعَثَ ، عَنْ الْحَسَنِ : " فِي رَجُلٍ مَاتَ وَتَرَكَ قِيمَةَ أَلْفَيْ دِرْ...

Al-Hasan stated regarding a man who died and left the value of two thousand dirhams while he owed the same or more in debt: "He is shrouded from it, and his deb...

حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَمَّنْ سَمِعَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، قَالَ :" يُبْدَأُ بِالْكَفَنِ، ثُمَّ الدَّيْنِ، ثُمَّ الْوَصِيَّ...

Ibrahim stated: "One begins with the shroud, then the debt, then the bequest."

حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ ، أنبأنا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ فِرَاسٍ ، عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ : " فِي الْمَرْأَةِ تَمُوتُ، قَالَ :" تُكَفَّنُ مِنْ مَالِهَا، ل...

Al-Sha'bi stated regarding a woman who dies: "She is shrouded from her own wealth. There is nothing upon the husband."

حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ ، عَنْ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ ، عَنْ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ ، قَالَ :" الْحَنُوطُ، وَالْكَفَنُ مِنْ...

Ata stated: "The embalming spices and the shroud are from the principal of the estate."

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُسْهِرٍ ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيل ، عَنْ الْحَسَنِ ، قَالَ :" الْكَفَنُ مِنْ وَسَطِ الْمَ...

Al-Hasan stated: "The shroud is from the middle of the wealth. He is shrouded according to what he used to wear during his lifetime. Then the debt is paid, then...

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ ، أَنْبَأَنَا مَنْصُورٌ ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ :" إِذَا أَوْصَى ال...

Al-Hasan stated: "When a man appoints an executor who is absent, he (the absent one) must accept the executorship. But if the executor is present, he has the ch...

حَدَّثَنَا صَالِحُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ ، قَالَ : سَأَلْتُ الْحَسَنَ ، وَمُحَمَّدًا عَنِ ...

Ayyub narrated: I asked al-Hasan and Muhammad (ibn Sirin) about a man who appoints another man as his executor. They both said: "We prefer that he accept."

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَسْعَدَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ ، قَالَ :" إِذَا أَوْصَى الرَّجُلُ إِلَى ال...

Al-Hasan stated: "When a man appoints an executor who is absent, and he (the absent one) arrives, he has the choice. But once he accepts, he cannot retract."

حَدَّثَنَا الْوَضَّاحُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ ، عَنْ الْحَسَنِ ، قَالَ :" إِذَا أَوْصَى الرَّجُلُ إِلَى ا...

Al-Hasan stated: "When a man appoints another as his executor, and the bequest is presented to him, and he was absent but accepted — he cannot retract."

حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ ، عَنْ شعبة ، عَنْ أَبِي مَعْشَرٍ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، قَالَ :" إِذَا أَوْصَى الرَّجُلُ لِإِنْسَانٍ، وَهُوَ...

Ibrahim stated: "When a man makes a bequest to a person who is absent, and the beneficiary has already died without the testator knowing — the bequest is return...

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ ، عَنْ الْحَسَنِ ، قَالَ :" إِذَا أَوْصَى لِعَب...

Al-Hasan stated: "When a man bequeaths to his slave one-third of his wealth, one-quarter, or one-fifth — he (the slave) is from his wealth, so manumission is in...

حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَى ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيل ، عَنْ قَيْسٍ ، قَالَ : كَانَ يُقَالُ :" إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيُحْرَمُ بَرَكَةَ مَالِهِ فِي حَيَاتِهِ، ف...

Qais narrated: It used to be said: "A man is deprived of the blessing of his wealth during his lifetime, and at the time of death he takes provisions through si...

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زُبَيْدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حُصَيْنٌ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِيه...

Hadrat Abdullah (may Allah be well pleased with him) stated: "The two bitter things are: withholding during life and squandering at death." Abu Muhammad (the co...

حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ ، عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، قَالَ :" إِذَا أَوْصَى الرَّجُلُ لِآخَرَ بِمِثْلِ نَ...

Ibrahim stated: "When a man bequeaths to another person a share equal to that of his son, his share cannot be completed to equal his son's share — rather it is ...

حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ ، عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ : " فِي رَجُلٍ ...

Al-Sha'bi stated regarding a man who had three sons and bequeathed to a man a share equal to that of one of his sons — as if they were four: "He is given one-fi...

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدٍ ، قَالَ : " سَأَلْنَا عَامِرًا ع...

Amir (al-Sha'bi) was asked about a man who left two sons and bequeathed to someone a share equal to one of his sons — as if they were three. He said: "He bequea...

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ ، عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، قَالَ : " فِي رَجُلٍ أَوْصَى بِمِثْلِ نَصِ...

Ibrahim stated regarding a man who bequeathed a share equal to one of his heirs: "It is not valid, even if it is less than one-third." Abu Muhammad (the compile...

حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ ، أنبأنا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي السَّفَرِ ، عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ : " فِي رَجُلٍ أَوْصَى فِي غَلَّةِ عَبْدِهِ بِدِرْ...

Al-Sha'bi stated regarding a man who bequeathed one dirham from his slave's earnings, while his earnings were six (dirhams): "He gets one-sixth."

أخبرنا قَبِيصَةُ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ سُفْيَانَ ، يَقُولُ :" إِذَا أَقَرَّ لِوَارِثٍ وَلِغَيْرِ وَارِثٍ بِمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ، قَالَ : أَرَى أَنْ...

Sufyan stated: "When he acknowledges a debt of one hundred dirhams to both an heir and a non-heir, I consider both to be void."

حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ ، عَنْ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ ، عَنْ شُرَيْحٍ ، قَالَ :" لَا يَجُوزُ إِقْرَارٌ لِوَ...

Shuraih stated: "An acknowledgment in favor of an heir is not valid." Al-Hasan stated: "The most rightful thing to be binding upon him at the time of death — th...