Inheritance & Wills

Sunan Abi Dawud

Wills (Kitab Al-Wasaya)

A woman came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: I donated my slave-girl to my mother, but she died and left the slave-girl. He said: Your reward became due, and she came back to you in inheritance. She...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Wills (Kitab Al-Wasaya)

'Umar got some land in Khaibar, and when to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: I have acquired land in Khaibar which I consider to be more valuable than any I have acquired ; so what do you command me to...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Wills (Kitab Al-Wasaya)

'Abd al-Hamid b. Abd 'Allah b. 'Abd Allah b. 'Umar b. al-Khattab copied to me a document about the religious endowment (waqf) made by 'Umar b. al-Khattab : In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. This is what...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Wills (Kitab Al-Wasaya)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: When a man dies, his action discontinues from him except three things, namely, perpetual sadaqah (charity), or the knowledge by which benefit is acquired, or a pious child who prays for him.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Wills (Kitab Al-Wasaya)

A woman said: Messenger of Allah, my mother suddenly died; if it had not happened, she would have given sadaqah (charity) and donated (something). Will it suffice if I give sadaqah on her behalf? The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Yes, give...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Wills (Kitab Al-Wasaya)

A man said: Messenger of Allah, my mother has died ; will it benefit her if I give sadaqah on her behalf ? He said: Yes. He said: I have a garden, and I call you to witness that I...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Wills (Kitab Al-Wasaya)

On his father's authority, said that his grandfather told that Al-'As ibn Wa'il left his will that a hundred slaves should be emancipated on his behalf. His son Hisham emancipated fifty slaves and his son Amr intended to emancipate the...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Wills (Kitab Al-Wasaya)

That his father died and left a debt of thirty wasqs of a Jew on him. Jabir asked him to defer, but he refused. Jabir then spoke to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asking him to mediate to him on...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)

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.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)

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...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)

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...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)

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."

Sunan Abi Dawud

Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)

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...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)

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...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)

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...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)

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.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)

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.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)

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...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)

The Prophet (ﷺ) appointed a sixth to a grandmother if no mother is left to inherit before her.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)

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...