Al-Kāfi 4, narration 138

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī · Waiving a Loan in Favor of a Dead Person

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Arabic text

1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ جَمِيعاً عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ خُنَيْسٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) إِنَّ لِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَيَابَةَ دَيْناً عَلَى رَجُلٍ قَدْ مَاتَ وَقَدْ كَلَّمْنَاهُ أَنْ يُحَلله فَأَبَى فَقَالَ وَيْحَهُ أَ مَا يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ لَهُ بِكُلِّ دِرْهَمٍ عَشَرَةً إِذَا حَلله فَإِذَا لَمْ يُحَلله فَإِنَّمَا لَهُ دِرْهَمٌ بَدَلَ دِرْهَمٍ.

Translation

1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father and Muhammad ibn Isma‘il from af-Fadf ibn Shadhan all from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Ibrahim ibn ‘Abd al-Hamid from al-Hassan ibn Khunays who has said the following: “Once I said to abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), ‘A man who died had borrowed (money) from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Sayabah, whom we asked to waive the loan in favor of the dead person, but he refused. He (the Imam) said, “Woe is upon him! Why does he not realize that for every dirham, he can receive the reward for ten dirhams, were he to waive it in favor of the dead person? In not waiving the loan in favor of the dead person, he can only receive the reward of one dirham for every dirham.’””

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated
  2. his father and Muhammad ibn Isma‘il
  3. af-Fadf ibn Shadhan all
  4. Ibn Abi ‘Umayr
  5. Ibrahim ibn ‘Abd al-Hamid
  6. al-Hassan ibn Khunays who has said the following

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Published assessments

  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi

    حسن أو موثق

    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/165)

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    صحيح

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 2, p. 51

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