Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Hadith 897
collateralinheritancetestimony-judgment
4111 - وَ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ حَفْصٍ اَلْمَرْوَزِيِّ قَالَ : كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ فِي رَجُلٍ مَاتَ وَ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ وَ لَمْ يُخَلِّفْ شَيْئاً إِلاَّ رَهْناً فِي يَدِ بَعْضِهِمْ وَ لاَ يَبْلُغُ ثَمَنُهُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ مَالِ اَلْمُرْتَهِنِ أَ يَأْخُذُهُ بِمَالِهِ أَوْ هُوَ وَ سَائِرُ اَلدُّيَّانِ فِيهِ شُرَكَاءُ فَكَتَبَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ "جَمِيعُ اَلدُّيَّانِ فِي ذَلِكَ سَوَاءٌ يُوَزِّعُونَهُ بَيْنَهُمْ بِالْحِصَصِ " قَالَ وَ كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ فِي رَجُلٍ مَاتَ وَ لَهُ وَرَثَةٌ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَادَّعَى عَلَيْهِ مَالاً وَ أَنَّ عِنْدَهُ رَهْناً فَكَتَبَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ "إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ عَلَى اَلْمَيِّتِ مَالٌ وَ لاَ بَيِّنَةَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ فَلْيَأْخُذْ مَالَهُ مِمَّا فِي يَدِهِ وَ لْيَرُدَّ اَلْبَاقِيَ عَلَى وَرَثَتِهِ وَ مَتَى أَقَرَّ بِمَا عِنْدَهُ أُخِذَ بِهِ وَ طُولِبَ بِالْبَيِّنَةِ عَلَى دَعْوَاهُ وَ أَوْفَى حَقَّهُ بَعْدَ اَلْيَمِينِ وَ مَتَى لَمْ يُقِمِ اَلْبَيِّنَةَ وَ اَلْوَرَثَةُ مُنْكِرُونَ فَلَهُ عَلَيْهِمْ يَمِينُ عِلْمٍ يَحْلِفُونَ بِاللَّهِ مَا يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ لَهُ عَلَى مَيِّتِهِمْ حَقّاً".
Hadith.4111 - Muhammad bin Isa bin Ubaid narrated from Sulaiman bin Hafs Al-Marwazi, who said: I wrote to Abu Al-Hasan (as) about a man who died and had a debt, leaving nothing except a pledged item in the possession of someone. The value of the pledge did not exceed the creditor's due amount. I asked whether the creditor could take it for his claim or if all creditors shared in it. Imam (as) wrote: "All creditors are equal in this matter and must distribute it among themselves in proportion to their claims." He further said: I wrote to Imam (as) about a man who died, leaving heirs. Then someone came forward, claiming a debt against him and that he held a pledge for it. Imam (as) wrote: "If he has a claim against the deceased but has no evidence for it, he may take his due from what is in his possession and return the remainder to the heirs. However, if he admits to what he possesses, he is bound by it and must provide evidence for his claim. He must fulfill his right after swearing an oath. If he cannot provide evidence and the heirs deny the claim, then the heirs must take an oath of knowledge, swearing by Allah (swt) that they have no knowledge of any right owed to him by their deceased."
Source: Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq