Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 1 of 2

232 'Ali ibn Abi TCilib at the time of the Rightly Guided Caliphs
rather what he inherited from him was wisdom and knowledge.
Similarly, Y&ya inherited from the posterity of Ya'qoob (m).
This is what the scholars said about the interpretation of the
Qur'an, except for the ~Zfidis.~~
It is worth pointing out that the R2fifidis went against their own
interpretation that inheritance is something obligatory when they
limited the legacy of the Prophet (g) to Fitimah (@a) only, and
claimed that no one inherited from the Prophet (@j) except her.
Thus they excluded his wives and his relatives, contrary to the
general meaning of the verses that they quoted as evidence. As-
Sadooq narrated with his chain of narration from Abu Ja'far al-
Biiqir that he said: "No, by Allah, neither al-'Abbh, nor 'Ali,
nor any of his heirs except Fiitimah (I$+,) inherited from the
Messenger of Allah (B). The only reas& why 'Ali (&) took
the Prophet's weapon and other things was to pay off his
debts."74 Al-Kulayui, as-Sadooq and at-Toosi narrated, with
their chains of narration going hack to al-Biiqir, that he said: "Ali
inherited his knowledge from the Messenger of Allah (g), and
F2timah (a) inherited his estate."75 In fact, they even excluded
Fiitimah (6) from that when they claimed that women do not
inherit property. In his book al-KLij'i, Al-Kulayni included a
chapter entitled: "Women do not inherit anything of property,"
in which he quoted a number of reports, including a report from
Abu Ja'far a.-Saiq in which he said: "Women do not inherit
anything of land or property."76
As-Sadooq narrated, with his chain of narration going back to
Maysar, who said: "I asked him (a$-Siidiq) about women and
what they are entitled to of inheritance. He said: 'As for land and
property, they do not inherit them."'77 Thus it becomes clear
that from their point of view, F2timah (I$&) was not entitled to
anything of the inheritance - without even having to quote as