Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)

Book 19 of 43 · Sunan Abi Dawud

43 hadith Hadith 2885–2927 Sunni
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Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)

Sunan Abi Dawud

43 hadith Hadith 2885–2927 Sunni

About This Book

Compiled during the 833–888 CE period by al-Sijistani.

Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) is book 19 of 43 in Sunan Abi Dawud, containing 43 hadith.

Geography

This collection was compiled primarily in Basra (later life). The narrators in this book are associated with 21 distinct geographic locations.

Baghdad Kufa Medina al-Raqqa Basra Makkah Hamadan Wasit Cairo Merv Sana Asqalan Basrah Yemen al-Ray al-Syria Hims al-Saur Damascus Bulkh al-Ramla

Narrators in This Book

This book features 125 narrators in its chains of transmission. The most frequently cited are Masdad bin Masrhad مسدد بن مسرهد بن مسربل, Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj شعبة بن الحجاج, Abdullah bin Burayda bin al-Husayb عبد الله بن بريدة بن الحصيب الأسلمي, ibn Abbas, Jabir ibn 'Abdullah.

Hadith in This Book 43 hadith

1 2885 Daif
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.
2 2886 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…
3 2887 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…
4 2888 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…
5 2889 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…
6 2890 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…
7 2891 Hasan
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…
8 2892 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…
9 2893 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.
10 2894 Daif
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…
11 2895 Daif
The Prophet (ﷺ) appointed a sixth to a grandmother if no mother is left to inherit before her.
12 2896 Daif
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…
13 2897 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…
14 2898 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…
15 2899 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…
16 2900 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…
17 2901 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…
18 2902 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…
19 2903 Daif
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…
20 2904 Daif
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…
21 2905 Daif
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…
22 2906 Daif
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…
23 2907 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.
24 2908 Sahih
On his father's authority, said that his grandfather reported from the Prophet (ﷺ) something similar.
25 2909 Sahih
The Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: A Muslim may not inherit from an infidel nor an infidel from a Muslim.
26 2910 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…
27 2911 Hasan Sahih
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: people of two different religions would not inherit from one another.
28 2912 Daif
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Islam increases and does not diminish. He, therefore, appointed a Muslim heir (of a non-Muslim).
29 2913 Daif
Mu'adh bought the property of a Jew whose heir was a Muslim. He then narrated from the Prophet (ﷺ) to the same effect.
30 2914 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…
31 2915 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…
32 2916 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.
33 2917 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…
34 2918 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.
35 2919 Sahih
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade selling or giving away the right to inheritance by a manumitted slave.
36 2920 Sahih
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When an infant has raised its voice (and then dies), it will be treated as an heir.
37 2921 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…
38 2922 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…
39 2923 Daif
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…
40 2924 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…
41 2925 Sahih
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: There is no alliance in Islam, and Islam strengthened the alliance made during pre-Islamic days.
42 2926 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…
43 2927 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…