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darimi:3290Jaʿfar b. ʿAwn > Saʿīd > Abū Maʿshar > Ibrāhīm

[Machine] "If a man gives instructions to someone while he is absent and he is dead and unaware, it is binding."  

الدارمي:٣٢٩٠حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْشَرٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ

«إِذَا أَوْصَى الرَّجُلُ لِإِنْسَانٍ وَهُوَ غَائِبٌ وَكَانَ مَيِّتًا وَهُوَ لَا يَدْرِي فَهِيَ رَاجِعَةٌ»