Volume 8, Book 80, Number 716
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
I became sick so Allah's Apostle and Abu Bakr came on foot to pay me
a visit. When they came, I was unconscious. Allah's Apostle
performed ablution and he poured over me the water (of his ablution)
and I came to my senses and said, "O Allah's Apostle! What shall I
do regarding my property? How shall I distribute it?" The Prophet
did not reply till the Divine Verses of inheritance were revealed .
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 717
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, 'Beware of suspicion, for it is the worst of
false tales and don't look for the other's faults and don't spy and
don't hate each other, and don't desert (cut your relations with)
one another O Allah's slaves, be brothers!" (See Hadith No. 90)
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 718
Narrated 'Aisha:
Fatima and Al 'Abbas came to Abu Bakr, seeking their share from the
property of Allah's Apostle and at that time, they were asking for
their land at Fadak and their share from Khaibar. Abu Bakr said to
them, " I have heard from Allah's Apostle saying, 'Our property
cannot be inherited, and whatever we leave is to be spent in
charity, but the family of Muhammad may take their provisions from
this property." Abu Bakr added, "By Allah, I will not leave the
procedure I saw Allah's Apostle following during his lifetime
concerning this property." Therefore Fatima left Abu Bakr and did
not speak to him till she died.
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 719
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet said, "Our (Apostles') property should not be inherited,
and whatever we leave, is to be spent in charity."
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 720
Narrated Malik bin Aus:
'I went and entered upon 'Umar, his doorman, Yarfa came saying
'Uthman, 'Abdur-Rahman, Az-Zubair and Sa'd are asking your
permission (to see you). May I admit them? 'Umar said, 'Yes.' So he
admitted them Then he came again and said, 'May I admit 'Ali and
'Abbas?' He said, 'Yes.' 'Abbas said, 'O, chief of the believers!
Judge between me and this man (Ali ). 'Umar said, 'I beseech you by
Allah by Whose permission both the heaven and the earth exist, do
you know that Allah's Apostle said, 'Our (the Apostles') property
will not be inherited, and whatever we leave (after our death) is to
be spent in charity?' And by that Allah's Apostle meant himself.'
The group said, '(No doubt), he said so.' 'Umar then faced 'Ali and
'Abbas and said, 'Do you both know that Allah's Apostle said that?'
They replied, '(No doubt), he said so.' 'Umar said, 'So let me talk
to you about this matter. Allah favored His Apostle with something
of this Fai' (i.e. booty won by the Muslims at war without fighting)
which He did not give to anybody else;
Allah said:-- 'And what Allah gave to His Apostle ( Fai' Booty)
.........to do all things....(59.6) And so that property was only
for Allah's Apostle . Yet, by Allah, he neither gathered that
property for himself nor withheld it from you, but he gave its
income to you, and distributed it among you till there remained the
present property out of which the Prophet used to spend the yearly
maintenance for his family, and whatever used to remain, he used to
spend it where Allah's property is spent (i.e. in charity etc.).
Allah's Apostle followed that throughout his life.
Now I beseech you by Allah, do you know all that?' They said, 'Yes.'
'Umar then said to 'Ali and 'Abbas, 'I beseech you by Allah, do you
know that?' Both of them said, 'Yes.' 'Umar added, 'And when the
Prophet died, Abu Bakr said, ' I am the successor of Allah's
Apostle, and took charge of that property and managed it in the same
way as Allah's Apostle did.
Then I took charge of this property for two years during which I
managed it as Allah's Apostle and Abu Bakr did. Then you both ('Ali
and 'Abbas) came to talk to me, bearing the same claim and
presenting the same case. (O 'Abbas!) You came to me asking for your
share from the property of your nephew, and this man (Ali) came to
me, asking for the share of h is wife from the property of her
father. I said, 'If you both wish, I will give that to you on that
condition (i.e. that you would follow the way of the Prophet and Abu
Bakr and as I (Umar) have done in man aging it).' Now both of you
seek of me a verdict other than that? Lo! By Allah, by Whose
permission both the heaven and the earth exist, I will not give any
verdict other than that till the Hour is established. If you are
unable to manage it, then return it to me, and I will be sufficient
to manage it on your behalf.' "
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 721
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "Not even a single Dinar of my property should
be distributed (after my deaths to my inheritors, but whatever I
leave excluding the provision for my wives and my servants, should
be spent in charity."
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 722
Narrated 'Urwa:
'Aisha said, "When Allah's Apostle died, his wives intended to send
'Uthman to Abu Bakr asking him for their share of the inheritance."
Then 'Aisha said to them, "Didn't Allah's Apostle say, 'Our
(Apostles') property is not to be inherited, and whatever we leave
is to be spent in charity?'"
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 723
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "I am more closer to the believers than their own
selves, so whoever (of them) dies while being in debt and leaves
nothing for its repayment, then we are to pay his debts on his
behalf and whoever (among the believers) dies leaving some property,
then that property is for his heirs."
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 724
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet said, "Give the Fara'id (the shares of the inheritance
that are prescribed in the Qur'an) to those who are entitled to
receive it. Then whatever remains, should be given to the closest
male relative of the deceased ."
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 725
Narrated Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas:
I was stricken by an ailment that led me to the verge of death. The
Prophet came to pay me a visit. I said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have
much property and no heir except my single daughter. Shall I give
two-thirds of my property in charity?" He said, "No." I said, "Half
of it?" He said, "No." I said, "One-third of it?" He said, "You may
do so) though one-third is also to a much, for it is better for you
to leave your off-spring wealthy than to leave them poor, asking
others for help. And whatever you spend (for Allah's sake) you will
be rewarded for it, even for a morsel of food which you may put in
the mouth of your wife." I said, "O Allah's Apostle! Will I remain
behind and fail to complete my emigration?" The Prophet said, "If
you are left behind after me, whatever good deeds you will do for
Allah's sake, that will upgrade you and raise you high. May be you
will have long life so that some people may benefit by you and
others (the enemies) be harmed by you." But Allah's Apostle felt
sorry for Sa'd bin Khaula as he died in Mecca. (Sufyan, a
sub-narrator said that Sa'd bin Khaula was a man from the tribe of
Bani 'Amir bin Lu'ai.)
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 726
Narrated Al-Aswad bin Yazid:
Mu'adh bin Jabal came to us in Yemen as a tutor and a ruler, and we
(the people of Yemen) asked him about (the distribution of the
property of ) a man who had died leaving a daughter and a sister.
Mu'adh gave the daughter one-half of the property and gave the
sister the other half.
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 727
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
Allah's Apostle said, "Give the Fara'id (shares prescribed in the
Qur'an) to those who are entitled to receive it; and whatever
remains, should be given to the closest male relative of the deceased.'
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 728
Narrated Huzail bin Shirahbil:
Abu Musa was asked regarding (the inheritance of) a daughter, a
son's daughter, and a sister. He said, "The daughter will take
one-half and the sister will take one-half. If you go to Ibn Mas'ud,
he will tell you the same." Ibn Mas'ud was asked and was told of Abu
Musa's verdict. Ibn Mas'ud then said, "If I give the same verdict, I
would stray and would not be of the rightly-guided. The verdict I
will give in this case, will be the same as the Prophet did, i.e.
one-half is for daughter, and one-sixth for the son's daughter, i.e.
both shares make two-thirds of the total property; and the rest is
for the sister." Afterwards we cams to Abu Musa and informed him of
Ibn Mas'ud's verdict, whereupon he said, "So, do not ask me for
verdicts, as long as this learned man is among you."
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 729
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet said, "Give the Fara'id, (the shares prescribed in the
Qur'an) to those who are entitled to receive it, and then whatever
remains, should be given to the closest male relative of the deceased."
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 730
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The person about whom Allah's Apostle said, "If I were to take a
Khalil from this nation (my followers), then I would have taken him
(i.e., Abu Bakr), but the Islamic Brotherhood is better (or said:
good)," regarded a grandfather as the father himself (in inheritance).
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 731
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
(During the early days of Islam), the inheritance used to be given
to one's offspring and legacy used to be bequeathed to the parents,
then Allah cancelled what He wished from that order and decreed that
the male should be given the equivalent of the portion of two
females, and for the parents one-sixth for each of them, and for
one's wife one-eighth (if the deceased has children) and one-fourth
(if he has no children), for one's husband one-half (if the deceased
has no children) and one-fourth (if she has children)."
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 732
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle gave the judgment that a male or female slave should
be given in Qisas for an abortion case of a woman from the tribe of
Bani Lihyan (as blood money for the fetus) but the lady on whom the
penalty had been imposed died, so the Prophets ordered that her
property be inherited by her offspring and her husband and that the
penalty be paid by her Asaba.
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 733
Narrated Al-Aswad:
Mu'adh bin Jabal gave this verdict for us in the lifetime of Allah's
Apostle. One-half of the inheritance is to be given to the daughter
and the other half to the sister. Sulaiman said: Mu'adh gave a
verdict for us, but he did not mention that it was so in the
lifetime of Allah's Apostle.
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 734
Narrated Huzail:
'Abdullah said, "The judgment I will give in this matter will be
like the judgment of the Prophet, i.e. one-half is for the daughter
and one-sixth for the son's daughter and the rest of the inheritance
for the sister."
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 735
Narrated Jabir:
While I was sick, the Prophet entered upon me and asked for some
water to perform ablution, and after he had finished his ablution,
he sprinkled some water of his ablution over me, whereupon I became
conscious and said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have sisters." Then the
Divine Verses regarding the laws of inheritance were revealed.
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 736
Narrated Al-Bara:
The last Quranic Verse that was revealed (to the Prophet) was the
final Verse of Surat-an-Nisa, i.e., 'They ask you for a legal
verdict Say: Allah directs (thus) About those who leave No
descendants or ascendants as heirs....' (4.176)
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 737
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "I am more closer to the believers than their
ownselves, so whoever (among them) dies leaving some inheritance,
his inheritance will be given to his 'Asaba, and whoever dies
leaving a debt or dependants or destitute children, then I am their
supporter."
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 738
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet said, "Give the Fara'id (the shares of the inheritance
that are prescribed in the Qur'an) to those who are entitled to
receive it; and whatever is left should be given to the closest male
relative of the deceased."
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 739
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: regarding the Holy Verse:--'And to everyone, We
have appointed heirs.
When the emigrants came to Medina, the Ansar used to be the heir of
the emigrants (and vice versa) instead of their own kindred by blood
(Dhawl-l-arham), and that was because of the bond of brotherhood
which the Prophet had established between them, i.e. the Ansar and
the emigrants. But when the Divine Verse:--
'And to everyone We have appointed heirs,' (4.33) was revealed, it
cancelled the other, order i.e. 'To those also, to whom Your right
hands have pledged.'
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 740
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
A man and his wife had a case of Lian (or Mula'ana) during the
lifetime of the Prophet and the man denied the paternity of her
child. The Prophet gave his verdict for their separation (divorce)
and then the child was regarded as belonging to the wife only.
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 741
Narrated 'Aisha:
'Utba (bin Abi Waqqas) said to his brother Sa'd, "The son of the
slave girl of Zam'a is my son, so be his custodian." So when it was
the year of the Conquest of Mecca, Sa'd took that child and said,
"He is my nephew, and my brother told me to be his custodian." On
that, 'Abu bin Zam'a got up and said, 'but the child is my brother,
and the son of my father's slave girl as he was born on his bed." So
they both went to the Prophet. Sa'd said, "O Allah's Apostle! (This
is) the son of my brother and he told me to be his custodian." Then
'Abu bin Zam'a said, "(But he is) my brother and the son of the
slave girl of my father, born on his bed." The Prophet said, "This
child is for you. O 'Abu bin Zam'a, as the child is for the owner of
the bed, and the adulterer receives the stones." He then ordered
(his wife) Sauda bint Zam'a to cover herself before that boy as he
noticed the boy's resemblance to 'Utba. Since then the boy had never
seen Sauda till he died.
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 742
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "The boy is for the owner of the bed."
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 743
Narrated 'Aisha:
I bought Barira (a female slave). The Prophet said (to me), "Buy her
as the Wala' is for the manumitted." Once she was given a sheep (in
charity). The Prophet said, "It (the sheep) is a charitable gift for
her (Barira) and a gift for us." Al-Hakam said, "Barira's husband
was a free man." Ibn 'Abbas said, 'When I saw him, he was a slave."
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 744
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
The Prophet said, "The Wala' is for the manumitted (of the slave)."
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 745
Narrated 'Abdullah:
The Muslims did not free slaves as Sa'iba, but the People of the
Pre-lslamic Period of Ignorance used to do so.
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 746
Narrated Al-Aswad:
'Aisha bought Barira in order to manumit her, but her masters
stipulated that her Wala' (after her death) would be for them.
'Aisha said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have bought Barira in order to
manumit her, but her masters stipulated that her Wala' will be for
them." The Prophet said, "Manumit her as the Wala is for the one who
manumits (the slave)," or said, "The one who pays her price." Then
'Aisha bought and manumitted her. After that, Barira was given the
choice (by the Prophet) (to stay with her husband or leave him). She
said, "If he gave me so much and so much (money) I would not stay
with him." (Al-Aswad added: Her husband was a free man.) The
sub-narrator added: The series of the narrators of Al-Aswad's
statement is incomplete. The statement of Ibn Abbas, i.e., when I
saw him he was a slave, is more authentic.
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 747
Narrated 'Ali:
We have no Book to recite except the Book of Allah (Qur'an) and this
paper. Then 'Ali took out the paper, and behold ! There was written
in it, legal verdicts about the retaliation for wounds, the ages of
the camels (to be paid as Zakat or as blood money). In it was also
written: 'Medina is a sanctuary from Air (mountain) to Thaur
(mountain). So whoever innovates in it an heresy (something new in
religion) or commits a crime in it or gives shelter to such an
innovator, will incur the curse of Allah, the angels and all the
people, and none of his compulsory or optional good deeds will be
accepted on the Day of Resurrection. And whoever (a freed slave)
takes as his master (i.e. be-friends) some people other than hi real
masters without the permission of his real masters, will incur the
curse of Allah, the angels and all the people, and none of his
compulsory, or optional good deeds will be accepted on the Day of
Resurrection. And the asylum granted by any Muslim is to be secured
by all the Muslims, even if it is granted by one of the lowest
social status among them; and whoever betrays a Muslim, in this
respect will incur the curse of Allah, the angels, and all the
people, and none of his Compulsory or optional good deeds will be
accepted on the Day of Resurrection."
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 748
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
The Prophet forbade the selling of the Wala' (of slaves) or giving
it as a present.
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 749
Narrated Ibn Umar:
That Aisha, the mother of the Believers, intended to buy a slave
girl in order to manumit her. The slave girl's master said, "We are
ready to sell her to you on the condition that her Wala should be
for us." Aisha mentioned that to Allah's Apostle who said, "This
(condition) should not prevent you from buying her, for the Wala is
for the one who manumits (the slave)."
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 750
Narrated Al-Aswad:
Aisha said, "I bought Barira and her masters stipulated that the
Wala would be for them." Aisha mentioned that to the Prophet and he
said, "Manumit her, as the Wala is for the one who gives the silver
(i.e. pays the price for freeing the slave)." Aisha added, "So I
manumitted her. After that, the Prophet caller her (Barira) and gave
her the choice to go back to her husband or not. She said, "If he
gave me so much and so much (money) I would not stay with him." So
she selected her ownself (i.e. refused to go back to her husband)."
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 751
Narrated Ibn Umar:
When Aisha intended to buy Barira, she said to the Prophet,
"Barira's masters stipulated that they will have the Wala." The
Prophet said (to Aisha), "Buy her, as the Wala is for the one who
manumits."
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 752
Narrated Aisha:
Allah's Apostle said, "The wala is for the one who gives the silver
(pays the price) and does the favor (of manumission after paying the
price)."
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 753
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet said, "The freed slave belongs to the people who have
freed him," or said something similar.
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 754
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet said, "The son of the sister of some people is from them
or from their own selves."
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 755
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, " If somebody dies (among the Muslims) leaving
some property, the property will go to his heirs; and if he leaves a
debt or dependants, we will take care of them."
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 756
Narrated Usama bin Zaid:
the Prophet said, "A Muslim cannot be the heir of a disbeliever, nor
can a disbeliever be the heir of a Muslim."
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 757
Narrated 'Aisha:
Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas and 'Abu bin Zam'a had a dispute over a boy.
Sa'd said, "O Allah's Apostle! This (boy) is the son of my brother,
'Utba bin Abi Waqqas who told me to be his custodian as he was his
son. Please notice to whom he bears affinity." And 'Abu bin Zam'a
said, "This is my brother, O Allah's Apostle! He was born on my
father's bed by his slave girl." Then the Prophet looked at the boy
and noticed evident resemblance between him and 'Utba, so he said,
"He (the toy) is for you, O 'Abu bin Zam'a, for the boy is for the
owner of the bed, and the stone is for the adulterer. Screen
yourself before the boy, O Sauda bint Zam'a." 'Aisha added: Since
then he had never seen Sauda.
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 758
Narrated Sa'd:
I heard the Prophet saying, "Whoever claims to be the son of a
person other than his father, and he knows that person is not his
father, then Paradise will be forbidden for him." I mentioned that
to Abu Bakra, and he said, "My ears heard that and my heart
memorized it from Allah's Apostle
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 759
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "Do not deny your fathers (i.e. claim to be the
sons of persons other than your fathers), and whoever denies his
father, is charged with disbelief."
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 760
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "There were two women with whom there were
their two sons. A wolf came and took away the son of one of them.
That lady said to her companion, 'The wolf has taken your son.' The
other said, 'But it has taken your son.' So both of them sought the
judgment of (the Prophet) David who judged that the boy should be
given to the older lady. Then both of them went to (the Prophet)
Solomon, son of David and informed him of the case. Solomon said,
'Give me a knife so that I may cut the child into two portions and
give one half to each of you.' The younger lady said, 'Do not do so;
may Allah bless you ! He is her child.' On that, he gave the child
to the younger lady." Abu Huraira added: By Allah! I had never heard
the word 'Sakkin' as meaning knife, except on that day, for we used
to call it 'Mudya"
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 761
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle once entered upon me in a very happy mood, with his
features glittering with joy, and said, "O 'Aisha! won't you see
that Mujazziz (a Qa'if) looked just now at Zaid bin Haritha and
Usama bin Zaid and said, 'These feet (of Usama and his father)
belong to each other." (See Hadith No. 755, Vol. 4)
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 762
Narrated 'Aisha:
Once Allah's Apostle entered upon me and he was in a very happy mood
and said, "O 'Aisha: Don't you know that Mujazziz Al-Mudliji entered
and saw Usama and Zaid with a velvet covering on them and their
heads were covered while their feet were uncovered. He said, 'These
feet belong to each other.'