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Hadith 743
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743
Book
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume
4
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165
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Content
Chapter
Chapter on the Inheritance of the Hermaphrodite
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
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Hadith.5702 - Al-Sakuni narrated from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) from his father, Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) that Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) used to determine the inheritance of a hermaphrodite by counting their ribs. If their ribs were fewer than the ribs of women by one rib, he would allocate to them the inheritance of a man, because a man has one rib less than a woman. This is because Hawwa (Eve) was created from the leftmost rib of Adam (as), and thus one rib was missing from his ribs.
5702 - وَ رَوَى اَلسَّكُونِيُّ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : "أَنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ
كَانَ يُوَرِّثُ اَلْخُنْثَى فَيَعُدُّ أَضْلاَعَهُ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ أَضْلاَعُهُ نَاقِصَةً مِنْ أَضْلاَعِ اَلنِّسَاءِ بِضِلْعٍ وَرَّثَ مِيرَاثَ اَلرَّجُلِ لِأَنَّ اَلرَّجُلَ تَنْقُصُ أَضْلاَعُهُ، عَنْ ضِلْعِ اَلنِّسَاءِ بِضِلْعٍ لِأَنَّ حَوَّاءَ خُلِقَتْ مِنْ ضِلْعِ آدَمَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ اَلْقُصْوَى اَلْيُسْرَى فَنَقَصَ مِنْ أَضْلاَعِهِ ضِلْعٌ وَاحِدٌ". قَالَ مُصَنِّفُ هَذَا الْكِتَابِ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ إِنَّ حَوَّاءَ خُلِقَتْ مِنْ فَضْلَةِ الطِّينَةِ الَّتِي خُلِقَ مِنْهَا آدَمُ ع‌ وَ كَانَتْ تِلْكَ الطِّينَةُ مُبْقَاةً مِنْ طِينَةِ أَضْلَاعِهِ لَا أَنَّهَا خُلِقَتْ مِنْ ضِلْعِهِ بَعْدَ مَا أُكْمِلَ خَلْقُهُ فَأُخِذَ ضِلْعٌ مِنْ أَضْلَاعِهِ الْيُسْرَى فَخُلِقَتْ مِنْهَا وَ لَوْ كَانَ كَمَا يَقُولُ الْجُهَّالُ لَكَانَ لِمُتَكَلِّمٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ التَّشْنِيعِ طَرِيقٌ إِلَى أَنْ يَقُولَ إِنَّ آدَمَ كَانَ يَنْكِحُ بَعْضُهُ بَعْضاً وَ هَكَذَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ النَّخْلَةَ مِنْ فَضْلَةِ طِينَةِ آدَمَ ع وَ كَذَلِكَ الْحَمَامُ فَلَوْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ كُلُّهُ مَأْخُوذاً مِنْ جَسَدِهِ بَعْدَ إِكْمَالِ خَلْقِهِ لَمَا جَازَ أَنْ يَنْكِحَ حَوَّاءَ فَيَكُونَ قَدْ نَكَحَ بَعْضُهُ بَعْضاً وَ لَا جَازَ لَهُ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ التَّمْرَ لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ يَكُونُ قَدْ أَكَلَ بَعْضَهُ وَ كَذَلِكَ الْحَمَامُ.
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