5. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from abu Ayyub al-Khazzaz from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has narrated the following
“Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said, ‘The ordained shares are not more than six.’”
السِّهَامَ لا تَكُونُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ سِتَّةِ أَسْهُمٍ.
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Al-Kāfi #253“I once said to abu Ja‘far (a.s.), ‘The ordained shares may turn into one hundred or less or more/ He (the Imam) said, ‘The ordained sharers...