# Sunan Abi Dawud - Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) *Exported from [ParallelQuran.com](https://parallelquran.com) on August 23, 2026* **43 hadith** --- ## Hadith #2885 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Ahmad bin Hanbal أحمد بن حنبل, Jabir ibn 'Abdullah, Muhammad bin al-Munkdar bin 'Abdullah محمد بن المنكدر بن عبد الله بن الهدير, Sufyan bin 'Uyaynah سفيان بن عيينة | **Grade:** Da'if The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Knowledge has three categories; anything else is extra; a precise verse, or an established sunnah (practice), or a firm obligatory duty. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2885/)* --- ## Hadith #2886 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Hisham bin Abi 'Abdullah al-Dastawa'i هشام بن أبي عبد الله الدستوائي, Jabir ibn 'Abdullah, Kathir bin Hisham al-Klaby كثير بن هشام الكلابي أبو سهل الرقي, Muhammad bin Muslim bin Tadras محمد بن مسلم بن تدرس أبو الزبير, Uthman bin Muhammad | **Grade:** Sahih 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: Messenger of Allah, how should I do in my property, as I have sisters? Thereafter the verse about inheritance was revealed: “They ask thee for legal decision. Say: Allah directs (thus) about those who leave no descendants or ascendants as heirs.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2886/)* --- ## Hadith #2887 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Abu Ishaq al-Sabay'ai' أبو إسحاق السبيعي عمرو بن عبد الله, al-Bara' bin Azib bin al-Harith, Muslim bin Ibrahim al-Azdy مسلم بن إبراهيم الأزدي الفراهيدي, Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj شعبة بن الحجاج | **Grade:** Sahih 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 to my sisters? He replied: Do good. I asked: Half? He replied: Do good. He then went out and left me, and said: I do not think, Jabir, you will die of this disease. Allah has revealed (verses) and described the share of your sisters. He appointed two-thirds for them. Jabir used to say: This verse was revealed about me: “They ask thee for a legal decision. Say: Allah directs (thus) about those who leave no descendants or ascendants as heirs. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2887/)* --- ## Hadith #2888 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Abu Bakr bin Abi Uvais أبو بكر بن أبي أويس, Abu Ishaq al-Sabay'ai' أبو إسحاق السبيعي عمرو بن عبد الله, al-Bara' bin Azib bin al-Harith, Mansur bin Abi Mazahim | **Grade:** Sahih 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 ascendants as heirs.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2888/)* --- ## Hadith #2889 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Ali bin Ms'hr علي بن مسهر, Hzyl bin Shrhbyl al-Awdy al-Kwfy هزيل بن شرحبيل, Sulaiman al-A'mash الأعمش / سليمان بن مهران | **Grade:** Sahih A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: Messenger of Allah, they ask thee for a legal decision about a kalalah. What is meant by kalalah? He replied: The verse revealed in summer is sufficient for you. I asked AbuIshaq: Does it mean a person who dies and leaves neither children nor father? He said: This is so. The people think it is so. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2889/)* --- ## Hadith #2890 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Muhammad bin 'Aqil عبد الله بن محمد بن عقيل بن أبي طالب, Jabir ibn 'Abdullah, Masdad bin Masrhad مسدد بن مسرهد بن مسربل | **Grade:** Sahih A man came to Abu Musa al-Ash’ari and Salman b. Rabi’ah, and asked about a case where there were a daughter, a son’s daughter and full sister. They replied: The daughter gets half and the full gets half. The son’s daughter gets nothing. Go to Ibn Mas’ud and you will find that he agrees with me. So the man came to him and informed him about their opinion. He said: I would then be in error and not be one of those who are rightly guided. But I decide concerning the matter as the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did: The daughter gets half, and the son’s daughter gets a share which complete thirds (i.e. gets a sixth), and what remain to the full sister.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2890/)* --- ## Hadith #2891 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Muhammad bin 'Aqil عبد الله بن محمد بن عقيل بن أبي طالب, Abdullah bin Wahb عبد الله بن وهب بن مسلم القرشي, Ahmed bin 'Amr bin al-Sarh أحمد بن عمرو بن السرح أبو الطاهر, Da'ud bin Qays al-Fra'a داود بن قيس الفراء الدباغ, Jabir ibn 'Abdullah | **Grade:** Hasan Sahih We went out with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and came to a woman of the Ansar in al-Aswaf. The woman brought her two daughters, and said: Messenger of Allah, these are the daughters of Thabit ibn Qays who was killed as a martyr when he was with you at the battle of Uhud, their paternal uncle has taken all their property and inheritance, and he has not left anything for them. What do you think, Messenger of Allah? They cannot be married unless they have some property. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Allah will decide regarding the matter. Then the verse of Surat an-Nisa was revealed: “Allah (thus) directs you as regards your children’s (inheritance).” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Call to me the woman and her husband’s brother. He then said to their paternal uncle: Give them two-thirds and their mother an eighth, and what remains is yours. Abu Dawud said: The narrator Bishr made a mistake. They were the daughters of Sa’d b. al-Rabi’ for Thabit b. Qais was killed in the battle of Yamamah. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2891/)* --- ## Hadith #2892 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Aban bin Tghlb أبان بن تغلب, al-Aswad bin Yazid الأسود بن يزيد بن قيس النخعي, Mu'adh ibn Jabal, Musa bin Isma'il al-Munqari al-Tabudhaki موسى بن إسماعيل المنقري - لتبوذكي, Qatada قتادة | **Grade:** Hasan The wife of Sa’d b. al-Rabi said: Messenger of Allah, Sa’d died and left two daughters. He then narrated the rest of the tradition in a similar way. Abu Dawud said: This is the most correct tradition. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2892/)* --- ## Hadith #2893 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Muslima al-Qa'nabi عبد الله بن مسلمة بن قعنب القعنبي, al-Zuhri ابن شهاب الزهري‎, محمد بن مسلم, Imam Maalik مالك بن أنس بن مالك بن أبي عامر | **Grade:** Sahih Mu’adh b. Jabal gave shares of inheritance to a sister and a daughter. He gave each of them half. He was at Yemen while the Prophet (ﷺ) was alive. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2893/)* --- ## Hadith #2894 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Burayda bin al-Husayb عبد الله بن بريدة بن الحصيب الأسلمي, Burayda bin al-Husayb, Muhammad bin 'Abdul 'Aziz bin Abi Razma محمد بن عبد العزيز بن أبي رزمة | **Grade:** Sahih A grandmother came to AbuBakr asking him for her share of inheritance. He said: There is nothing prescribed for you in Allah’s Book, nor do I know anything for you in the Sunnah of the Prophet of Allah (ﷺ) Go home till I question the people. He then questioned the people, and al-Mughirah ibn Shu’bah said: I had been present with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when he gave grandmother a sixth. AbuBakr said: Is there anyone with you? Muhammad ibn Maslamah stood and said the same as al-Mughirah ibn Shu’bah had said. So AbuBakr made it apply to her. Another grandmother came to Umar ibn al-Khattab asking him for her share of inheritance. He said: Nothing has been prescribed for you in Allah’s Book. The decision made before you was made for a grandmother other than you. I am not going to add in the shares of inheritance; but it is that sixth. If there are two of you, it is shared between you, but whichever of you is the only one left gets it all. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2894/)* --- ## Hadith #2895 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** al-Hasan al-Basri الحسن البصري, Hmam bin Yahya bin Dinar همام بن يحيى بن دينار, Imran bin Husain, Muhammad bin Kathir bin Abi 'Ata' محمد بن كثير بن أبي عطاء الثقفي, Qatada قتادة | **Grade:** Hasan The Prophet (ﷺ) appointed a sixth to a grandmother if no mother is left to inherit before her. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2895/)* --- ## Hadith #2896 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** al-Hasan al-Basri الحسن البصري, Khalid bin 'Abdullah al-Tahan خالد بن عبد الله بن عبد الرحمن الطحان, Umar ibn al-Khattab, Wahb bin Bqyh bin 'Uthman وهب بن بقية بن عثمان, Yonus bin Yazid bin Abi al-Nijad يونس بن يزيد بن أبي النجاد | **Grade:** Da'if A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: My son has died; what do I receive from his estate? He replied: You receive a sixth. When he turned away he called him and said: You receive another sixth. When he turned away, he called him and said: The other sixth is an allowance (beyond what is due). Qatadah said: They (the Companions) did not know the heirs with whom he was given (a sixth). Qatadah said: The minimum share given to the grandfather was a sixth. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2896/)* --- ## Hadith #2897 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Tawus عبد الله بن طاوس, Abdur-Razzaq عبد الرزاق بن همام, Ahmed bin Salah al-Masri أحمد بن صالح المصري, ibn Abbas, Ma'mar bin Rashid معمر بن راشد, Mkhld bin Khalid bin Yazid مخلد بن خالد بن يزيد الشعيري, Tawus bin Kaysan طاوس | **Grade:** Sahih Which of your knows what share the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had given to the grandfather from the estate? Ma’qil ibn Yasar said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave him a sixth. He asked: Along with whom? He replied: I do not know. He said: You do not know; what is the use then? *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2897/)* --- ## Hadith #2898 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** al-Miqdam bin Ma'di Karb, Ali bin Abi Talha علي بن أبي طلحة, Hafs bin 'Umar bin al-Harith حفص بن عمر بن الحارث, Rashid bin Sa'd راشد بن سعد, Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj شعبة بن الحجاج | **Grade:** Sahih The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Divide the property among those whose share have been prescribed in the Book of Allah, and what remains from the prescribed shares goes to the nearest male heirs. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2898/)* --- ## Hadith #2899 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Ali bin Abi Talha علي بن أبي طلحة, Badayl bin Maysarah بديل بن ميسرة, Hammad bin Zayd حماد بن زيد بن درهم الأزدي الأزرق, Rashid bin Sa'd راشد بن سعد, Sulaiman bin Harb سليمان بن حرب | **Grade:** Hasan Sahih The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone leaves a debt or a helpless family I shall be responsible-and sometimes the narrator said: Allah and His Apostle will be responsible-but if anyone leaves property, it goes to his heirs. I am the heirs of him who has none, paying blood-wit for him and inheriting from him; and a maternal uncle is the heir of him who has none, paying blood-wit for him and inheriting from him. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2899/)* --- ## Hadith #2900 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Isma'il bin Ayyash bin Saleem إسماعيل بن عياش بن سليم, Muhammad bin al-Mubarak محمد بن المبارك, Salah bin Yahya bin al-Mqdam صالح بن يحيى بن المقدام | **Grade:** Hasan Sahih The Prophet (ﷺ) said: I am nearer to every believer than himself, so if anyone leaves a debt or a helpless family, I shall be responsible, but if anyone leaves property, it goes to his heirs. I am patron of him who has none, inheriting his property and freeing him from his liabilities. A maternal uncle is patron of him who has none, inheriting his property and freeing him from his liabilities. Abu Dawud said: da’iah means dependants or helpless family. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by al-Zubaidi from Rashid b. Sa’d from Ibn ‘A’idh on the authority of al-Miqdam. It has also been transmitted by Mu’awiyah b. Salih from Rashid who said: I heard al-Miqdam (say). *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2900/)* --- ## Hadith #2901 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin 'Abd. bin al-Asbahani عبد الرحمن بن عبد الله بن الأصبهاني, Aisha bint Abi Bakr, Masdad bin Masrhad مسدد بن مسرهد بن مسربل, Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj شعبة بن الحجاج, Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri سفيان الثوري, Urwa ibn al-Zubayr عروة بن الزبير, Uthman bin Muhammad, Waki' bin al-Jarrah وكيع بن الجراح, Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-Qatan يحيى بن سعيد بن فروخ القطان | **Grade:** Hasan Sahih I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: I am the heirs of Him who has none, freeing him from his liabilities, and inheriting what he possesses. A maternal uncle is the heir of Him who has none, freeing him from his liabilities, and inheriting his property. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2901/)* --- ## Hadith #2902 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Burayda bin al-Husayb عبد الله بن بريدة بن الحصيب الأسلمي, Abdullah bin Sa'id al-Ashaj عبد الله بن سعيد بن حصين الكندي - الأشج, Abdur Rahman bin Muhammad al-Maharbi عبد الرحمن بن محمد بن زياد المحاربي, Burayda bin al-Husayb | **Grade:** Sahih A client of the Prophet (ﷺ) died and left some property, but he left no child or relative. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Give what he has left to a man belonging to his village. Abu Dawud said: The tradition of Sufyan is more perfect. Musaddad said: Thereupon the Prophet (ﷺ) said: Is there anyone belonging to his land ? They replied: Yes. He said: Then give him what he has left. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2902/)* --- ## Hadith #2903 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Burayda bin al-Husayb عبد الله بن بريدة بن الحصيب الأسلمي, Burayda bin al-Husayb, Sharayk bin 'Abdullah شريك بن عبد الله النخعي, Yahya bin Aadm bin Sulaiman يحيى بن آدم بن سليمان | **Grade:** Da'if A man came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: I have property left by a man of Azd. I do not find any man of Azd to give it to him. He said: Go and look for man of Azd for a year. He then came to him after one year and said: Messenger of Allah, I did not find any man of Azd to give it to him. He said: Look for a man of Khuza’ah whom you meet first and give it to him. When he turned away, he said; Call the man to me. When he came to him, he said: Look for the leading man of Khuza’ah and give it to him. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2903/)* --- ## Hadith #2904 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Amr bin Dinar عمرو بن دينار الأثرم الجمحي, Hammad bin Zayd حماد بن زيد بن درهم الأزدي الأزرق, ibn Abbas, Musa bin Isma'il al-Munqari al-Tabudhaki موسى بن إسماعيل المنقري - لتبوذكي | **Grade:** Da'if A man of Khuza’ah died and his estate was brought to the Prophet (ﷺ). He said: Look for his heir or some relative. But they found neither heir nor relative. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Give it to the leading man of Khuza’ah. The narrator Yahya said: Sometimes I heard him (al-Husayn ibn Aswad) say in this tradition: Look for the greatest man of Khuza’ah. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2904/)* --- ## Hadith #2905 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Abdul Wahid bin 'Abdullah bin Ka'b عبد الواحد بن عبد الله بن كعب, Ibrahim bin Musa al-Razi al-Fara' إبراهيم بن موسى الرازي الفراء, Muhammad bin Harb al-Wasti محمد بن حرب بن حرمان النشائي, Wathla bin al-'Asqa' | **Grade:** Hasan A man died leaving no heir but a slave whom he had emancipated. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asked: Has he any heir? They replied: No, except a slave whom he had emancipated. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) assigned his estate to him (the emancipated slave). *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2905/)* --- ## Hadith #2906 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** al-Walid bin Muslim al-Quraishi الوليد بن مسلم القرشي, Makhul al-Shami/al-Damashiqi مكحول الشامي, Mhmwd bin Khalid محمود بن خالد | **Grade:** Da'if The Prophet (ﷺ) said: A woman gets inheritance from the three following: one she has set free, a foundling, and her child about whom she has invoked a curse on herself if she was untrue in declaring he was not born out of wedlock. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2906/)* --- ## Hadith #2907 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** al-Ala' bin al-Harith bin 'Abdul Warith العلاء بن الحارث بن عبد الوارث, al-Walid bin Muslim al-Quraishi الوليد بن مسلم القرشي, Amr bin Shu'aib bin Muhammad عمرو بن شعيب بن محمد السهمي, Shu'aib bin Muhammad bin 'Abdullah شعيب بن محمد بن عبد الله بن عمرو | **Grade:** Sahih The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) assigned the estate of a child of a woman about whom she had invoked a curse to her mother, and to her heirs after her. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2907/)* --- ## Hadith #2908 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** al-Zuhri ابن شهاب الزهري‎, محمد بن مسلم, Ali bin al-Husain bin 'Ali علي بن الحسين بن علي - زين العابدين, Amr bin 'Uthman عمرو بن عثمان بن عفان, Masdad bin Masrhad مسدد بن مسرهد بن مسربل, Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri سفيان الثوري, Usamah ibn Zayd | **Grade:** Sahih On his father’s authority, said that his grandfather reported from the Prophet (ﷺ) something similar. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2908/)* --- ## Hadith #2909 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Grade:** Sahih The Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: A Muslim may not inherit from an infidel nor an infidel from a Muslim. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2909/)* --- ## Hadith #2910 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin 'Amr bin al-'Aas, Amr bin Shu'aib bin Muhammad عمرو بن شعيب بن محمد السهمي, Habib al-Ma'lm Abu Muhammad حبيب المعلم أبو محمد البصري, Hammad bin Zayd حماد بن زيد بن درهم الأزدي الأزرق, Musa bin Isma'il al-Munqari al-Tabudhaki موسى بن إسماعيل المنقري - لتبوذكي, Shu'aib bin Muhammad bin 'Abdullah شعيب بن محمد بن عبد الله بن عمرو | **Grade:** Sahih I said: Messenger of Allah, where will you stay tomorrow ? This (happened) during his Hajj. He replied: Has ‘Aqil left any house for us ? He then said: We shall stay at the valley of Banu Kinarah where the Quraish took an oath on unbelief. This refers to al-Muhassab. The reason is that Banu Kinarah made an alliance with the Quraish against Banu Hashim that they would have no marital connections with them, nor will have commercial transactions with them, not will give them any refuge. Al-Zuhri said: Khalf means valley. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2910/)* --- ## Hadith #2911 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Abdul Warith bin Sa'id bin Dhakwan عبد الوارث بن سعيد بن ذكوان, Abdullah bin Burayda bin al-Husayb عبد الله بن بريدة بن الحصيب الأسلمي, Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali أبو الأسود الديلي/الدؤلي, Masdad bin Masrhad مسدد بن مسرهد بن مسربل, Mu'adh ibn Jabal | **Grade:** Hasan Sahih The Prophet (ﷺ) said: people of two different religions would not inherit from one another. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2911/)* --- ## Hadith #2912 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Burayda bin al-Husayb عبد الله بن بريدة بن الحصيب الأسلمي, Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali أبو الأسود الديلي/الدؤلي, Amr bin Abi Hkym عمرو بن أبي حكيم الواسطي, Masdad bin Masrhad مسدد بن مسرهد بن مسربل, Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj شعبة بن الحجاج, Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-Qatan يحيى بن سعيد بن فروخ القطان, Yahya bin Y'amar يحيى بن يعمر | **Grade:** Da'if I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Islam increases and does not diminish. He, therefore, appointed a Muslim heir (of a non-Muslim). *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2912/)* --- ## Hadith #2913 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Amr bin Dinar عمرو بن دينار الأثرم الجمحي, ibn Abbas, Muhammad Ibn Maslama, Musa bin Da'ud al-Dby موسى بن داود الضبي أبو عبد الله, Saleem bin Aswad, Abu al-Ash'atha سليم بن أسود أبو الشعثاء المحاربي | **Grade:** Da'if Mu’adh bought the property of a Jew whose heir was a Muslim. He then narrated from the Prophet (ﷺ) to the same effect. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2913/)* --- ## Hadith #2914 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Aisha bint Abi Bakr, ibn Umar, Qutayba bin Sa'id bin Jamil قتيبة بن سعيد بن جميل | **Grade:** Sahih The Prophet (ﷺ) said: An estate which was divided in pre-Islamic period may follow the division in force then, but any estate in Islamic times must follow the division laid down by Islam. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2914/)* --- ## Hadith #2915 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Aisha bint Abi Bakr, al-Aswad bin Yazid الأسود بن يزيد بن قيس النخعي, Ibrahim al-Nakha'i إبراهيم النخعي, Mansur bin al-Ma'tamar al-Salmi منصور بن المعتمر بن عبد الله السلمي, Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri سفيان الثوري, Uthman bin Muhammad, Waki' bin al-Jarrah وكيع بن الجراح | **Grade:** Sahih ‘Aishah, mother of believers (ra), intended to buy a slave-girl to set her free. Her people said: We shall sell her to you on one condition that we shall inherit from her. ‘Aishah mentioned it to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He said: That should not prevent you, for the right of inheritance belongs to the one who has set a person free. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2915/)* --- ## Hadith #2916 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Abdul Warith bin Sa'id bin Dhakwan عبد الوارث بن سعيد بن ذكوان, Abdullah bin 'Amr, Abu Ma'mar al-Mad'aq عبد الله بن عمرو - أبو معمر المقعد, al-Husain bin Dhakwan al-Mua'lam الحسين بن ذكوان المعلم المكتب, Amr bin Shu'aib bin Muhammad عمرو بن شعيب بن محمد السهمي, Shu'aib bin Muhammad bin 'Abdullah شعيب بن محمد بن عبد الله بن عمرو | **Grade:** Sahih The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: The right of inheritance belongs to only to the one who paid the price (of the slave) and patronised him by doing an act of gratitude. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2916/)* --- ## Hadith #2917 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Hisham bin 'Ammar bin Nasayr هشام بن عمار بن نصير, Hisham bin 'Urwa هشام بن عروة, Tamim al-Dari, Umar bin ‘Abdul-‘Aziz عمر بن عبد العزيز, Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-Qatan يحيى بن سعيد بن فروخ القطان, Yazid bin Khalid bin Yazid يزيد بن خالد بن يزيد | **Grade:** Hasan On his father’s authority, said that his grandfather reported: Rabab ibn Hudhayfah married a woman and three sons were born to him from her. Their mother then died. They inherited her houses and had the right of inheritance of her freed slaves. Amr ibn al-‘As was the agnate of her sons. He sent them to Syria where they died. Amr ibn al-‘As then came. A freed slave of hers died and left some property. Her brothers disputed with him and brought the case to Umar ibn al-Khattab. Umar reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: Whatever property a son or a father receives as an heir will go to his agnates, whoever they may be. He then wrote a document for him, witnessed by AbdurRahman ibn Awf, Zayd ibn Thabit and one other person. When AbdulMalik became caliph, they presented the case to Hisham ibn Isma’il or Isma’il ibn Hisham (the narrator is doubtful). He sent them to ‘Abd al-Malik who said: This is the decision which I have already seen. The narrator said: So he (‘Abd al-Malik) made the decision on the basis of the document of Umar ibn al-Khattab, and that is still with us till this moment. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2917/)* --- ## Hadith #2918 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Dinar عبد الله بن دينار العدوي, Hafs bin 'Umar bin al-Harith حفص بن عمر بن الحارث, ibn Umar, Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj شعبة بن الحجاج | **Grade:** Hasan Sahih Tamim asked: Messenger of Allah), what is the sunnah about a man who accepts Islam by advice and persuasion of a Muslim? He replied: He is the nearest to him in life and in death. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2918/)* --- ## Hadith #2919 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Abdul A'ala bin 'Abdul A'ala al-Sami عبد الأعلى بن عبد الأعلى البصري السامي, Abu Hurairah, Ibn Ishaq محمد بن إسحاق بن يسار‎, Yazid bin 'Abdullah bin Qasayt يزيد بن عبد الله بن قسيط | **Grade:** Sahih The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade selling or giving away the right to inheritance by a manumitted slave. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2919/)* --- ## Hadith #2920 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Ahmed bin Muhammad bin Musa al-Samsar أحمد بن محمد بن موسى السمسار, Ali bin al-Husain bin 'Ali علي بن الحسين بن علي - زين العابدين, Hussain ibn 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, ibn Abbas, Ikrama عكرمة, Yazid bin Abi Sa'id يزيد بن أبي سعيد النحوي أبو الحسن | **Grade:** Sahih The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When an infant has raised its voice (and then dies), it will be treated as an heir. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2920/)* --- ## Hadith #2921 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Hammad bin Usamah حماد بن أسامة - أبو أسامة, Harun bin 'Abdullah al-Hamal هارون بن عبد الله بن مروان الحمال, Sa'id bin Jubayr سعيد بن جبير الأسدي, Talha bin Msrf bin 'Amr طلحة بن مصرف بن عمرو بن كعب | **Grade:** Hasan Sahih To those also, to whom your right hand was pledged, give their due portion. A man made an agreement with another man (in early days of Islam), and there was no relationship between the ; one of them inherited from the other. The following verse of Surat Al-Anfal abrogated it: “But kindred by blood have prior right against each other.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2921/)* --- ## Hadith #2922 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Ahmad bin Hanbal أحمد بن حنبل, Da'ud bin al-Husain al-Amwy داود بن الحصين الأموي, Ibn Ishaq محمد بن إسحاق بن يسار‎, Muhammad bin Salmah محمد بن سلمة بن عبد الله الباهلي | **Grade:** Sahih “To those also, to whom your right hand was pledged, give your portion.” When the Emigrants came to Medina. they inherited from the Helpers without any blood-relationship with them for the brotherhood which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) established between them. When the following verse was revealed: “To (benefit) everyone we have appointed shares and heirs to property left by parent and relatives.” it abrogated the verse: “To those also, to whom your right hand was pledged, give their due portion.” This alliance was made for help, well wishing and cooperation. Now a legacy can be made for him. (The right to)inheritance was abolished. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2922/)* --- ## Hadith #2923 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Ahmed bin Muhammad bin Musa al-Samsar أحمد بن محمد بن موسى السمسار, Ali bin al-Husain bin 'Ali علي بن الحسين بن علي - زين العابدين, Hussain ibn 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, ibn Abbas, Ikrama عكرمة, Yazid bin Abi Sa'id يزيد بن أبي سعيد النحوي أبو الحسن | **Grade:** Da'if I used to learn the reading of the Qur’an from Umm Sa’d, daughter of al-Rabi’. She was an orphan in the guardianship of Abu Bakr. I read the Qur’anic verse “To those also to whom your right hand was pledged.” She said: Do not read the verse; “To those also to whom your right hand was pledged.” This was revealed about Abu Bakr and his son ‘Abd al-Rahman when he refused to accept Islam. Abu Bakr took an oath that he would not give him a share from inheritance. When he embraced Islam Allah Most High commanded His Prophet (ﷺ) to give him the share. The narrator ‘Abd al-Aziz added: He did not accept Islam until he was urged on Islam by sword. Abu Dawud said: He who narrated the word ‘aqadat means a pact ; and he who narrated the word ‘aaqadat means the party who made a pact. The correct is the tradition of Talhah (‘aaqadat). *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2923/)* --- ## Hadith #2924 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Ibrahim bin 'Abdur Rahman, Jubayr bin Mut'im, Muhammad bin Bashr bin al-Farafsa محمد بن بشر بن الفرافصة العبدي, Sa'd bin Ibrahim سعد بن إبراهيم بن عبد الرحمن, Uthman bin Muhammad, Zakaria bin Abi Za'idah زكريا بن أبي زائدة خالد | **Grade:** Hasan Sahih Referring to the verse: “Those who believed and adopted exile… As to those who believed but came not into exile”: A bedouin (who did not migrate to Medina) did not inherit from an emigrant, and an emigrant did no inherit from him. It was abrogated by the verse: “But kindred by blood have prior rights against each other.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2924/)* --- ## Hadith #2925 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Anas ibn Malik, Asim al-Ahwal عاصم الأحول, Masdad bin Masrhad مسدد بن مسرهد بن مسربل, Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri سفيان الثوري | **Grade:** Sahih The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: There is no alliance in Islam, and Islam strengthened the alliance made during pre-Islamic days. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2925/)* --- ## Hadith #2926 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Ahmed bin Salah al-Masri أحمد بن صالح المصري, al-Zuhri ابن شهاب الزهري‎, محمد بن مسلم, Sa'id bin Abi Sa'id, Sufyan bin 'Uyaynah سفيان بن عيينة, Umar ibn al-Khattab | **Grade:** Sahih The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) established an alliance (of brotherhood) between the Emigrants and the Helpers in our house. He was asked: Did not the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: There is no alliance in Islam ? He replied: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) established an alliance between the Emigrants and the Helpers in our house. This he said twice or thrice. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2926/)* --- ## Hadith #2927 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Dinar عبد الله بن دينار العدوي, Abdullah bin Muslima al-Qa'nabi عبد الله بن مسلمة بن قعنب القعنبي, ibn Umar, Imam Maalik مالك بن أنس بن مالك بن أبي عامر | **Grade:** Sahih Sa’id said: Umar ibn al-Khattab said: Blood-money is meant for the clan of the slain, and she will not inherit from the blood-money of her husband. Ad-Dahhak ibn Sufyan said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) wrote to me that I should give a share to the wife of Ashyam ad-Dubabi from the blood-money of her husband. So Umar withdrew his opinion. Ahmad ibn Salih said: AbdurRazzaq transmitted this tradition to us from Ma’mar, from az-Zuhri on the authority of Sa’id. In this version he said: The Prophet (ﷺ) made him governor over the bedouins. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2927/)* ---