Sunan Abi Dawud
Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)
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...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)
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.
Sunan Abi Dawud
Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)
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...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)
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...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)
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...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)
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...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)
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...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)
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...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)
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...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)
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...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)
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.
Sunan Abi Dawud
Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)
On his father's authority, said that his grandfather reported from the Prophet (ﷺ) something similar.
Sunan Abi Dawud
Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)
The Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: A Muslim may not inherit from an infidel nor an infidel from a Muslim.
Sunan Abi Dawud
Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)
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...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: people of two different religions would not inherit from one another.
Sunan Abi Dawud
Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Islam increases and does not diminish. He, therefore, appointed a Muslim heir (of a non-Muslim).
Sunan Abi Dawud
Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)
Mu'adh bought the property of a Jew whose heir was a Muslim. He then narrated from the Prophet (ﷺ) to the same effect.
Sunan Abi Dawud
Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)
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.
Sunan Abi Dawud
Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)
'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...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)
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.