Chapter on Bequests Made Through Writing and Gestures

"I entered upon Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Al-Hanafiyya, and his tongue had become paralyzed. I instructed him to make his will, but he did not respond. So, I ordered a basin to be brought and filled it with sand. I said to…

she became severely ill until her tongue became paralyzed. Imam Hasan ibn Ali (as) and Imam Hussain ibn Ali (as), the sons of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as), came to her while she was unable to speak. They (as) began asking…

I wrote to Abu Al-Hasan Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) regarding a man who wrote something in his own handwriting but did not tell his heirs, "This is my will," nor did he say, "I have made a will." However, he wrote a…