“I once said to abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), that a man made a will in which he appointed me as executor of the will. I asked him to appoint one more person of his relatives with me and he did. The testator told me that with the other executor of the will he has a bowl of silver, which is worth one hundred fifty dirham as a security item. When he dies the other executor of the will said that the testator owes him several Kur (a certain unit of measurement) of wheat. He (the Imam) said, ‘If he presents testimony he can have it, but not without testimony.’ I then asked, ‘Can he compensate from what is in his hand?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not lawful for him.’ I then said, ‘If one due to animosity takes away one’s assets, then it becomes possible for him to compensate his loss from his assets: if he can do so.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘This is not like that.’”