Chapters on Shares of Inheritance · One who leaves behind no heir
Arabic
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، يَقُولُ مَرِضْتُ فَأَتَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَعُودُنِي هُوَ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ مَعَهُ وَهُمَا مَاشِيَانِ وَقَدْ أُغْمِيَ عَلَىَّ فَتَوَضَّأَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَصَبَّ عَلَىَّ مِنْ وَضُوئِهِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ كَيْفَ أَقْضِي فِي مَالِي حَتَّى نَزَلَتْ آيَةُ الْمِيرَاثِ فِي آخِرِ النِّسَاءِ {وَإِنْ كَانَ رَجُلٌ يُورَثُ كَلاَلَةً} الآيَةَ وَ {يَسْتَفْتُونَكَ قُلِ اللَّهُ يُفْتِيكُمْ فِي الْكَلاَلَةِ} الآيَةَ .
English translation
It was
narrated from Muhammad bin Munkadir that he heard Jabir bin
‘Abdullah
say: “I fell sick and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to
visit
me, he and Abu Bakr with him, and they came walking. I had lost
consciousness, so the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed ablution and
poured some of the water of his ablution over me. I said: ‘O
Messenger
of Allah, what should I do? How should I decide about my
wealth?’
Until the Verse of inheritance was revealed at the end of
An-Nisa’:
“If the man or woman whose inheritance is in question
has left neither
ascendants or descendents.” [4:12] And: “They
ask you for a legal
verdict. Say: ‘Allah directs (thus) about those
who leave neither
descendants nor ascendants as heirs.’” [4:176]
It was
narrated from Ma’dan bin Abu Talhah Al-Ya’muri that ‘Umar bin
Khattab stood up to deliver a sermon one Friday, or he addressed them
one Friday. He praised and glorified Allah, and said: “By Allah, I
am
not leaving…
‘Umar
bin Khattab said: “There are three things, if the Messenger of
Allah (ﷺ) had clarified them, that would have been dearer to me
than
the world and everything in it: a person who leaves behind no
heir,
usury, and the…
Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W) said:
"Indeed a man, and a woman, perform deeds in obedience to Allah for sixty years, then death presents itself to them, and they cause such harm in the will th…
Narrated Jabir:
I fell ill, and the Prophet (ﷺ) and Abu Bakr came to me on foot to visit me. As I was unconscious, I could not speak to him. He performed ablution and sprinkled water on me ; so I became conscious. I said…
Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:
I fell ill, and I had seven sisters. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to me and blew on my face. So I became conscious. I said: Messenger of Allah, may I not bequeath one-third of my property…
Narrated Al-Bara' bin 'Azib:
The last verse revealed about the decease who left no descendants or ascendants: "They ask thee for the legal decision. Say: Allah directs (thus) about those who leave no descendants or ascen…