36. Lifelong Tenancy

1. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6501No grade recorded

   عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «الرُّقْبَى جَائِزَةٌ»

   ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: “Ruqba is permissible.”

2. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6502No grade recorded

   أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ جَعَلَ الرُّقْبَى لِلَّذِي أُرْقِبَهَا

   ✧ The Prophet ﷺ made ruqba for the one to whom it was given as ruqba.

3. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6503No grade recorded

   لَا رُقْبَى فَمَنْ أُرْقِبَ شَيْئًا فَهُوَ بِسَبِيلِ الْمِيرَاثِ

   ✧ There is no ruqba; whoever is given something as ruqba, it belongs to the path of inheritance.

4. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6504No grade recorded

   عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا تَرْقُبُوا أَمْوَالَكُمْ فَمَنْ أَرْقَبَ شَيْئًا فَهُوَ لِمَنْ أَرْقَبَهُ»

   ✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said: “Do not make your properties ruqba; whoever gives something as ruqba, it belongs to the one to whom he gave it.”

5. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6505No grade recorded

   قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْعُمْرَى لِمَنْ أَعْمَرَهَا وَالرُّقْبَى لِمَنْ أَرْقَبَهَا وَالْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْعَائِدِ فِي قَيْئِهِ»

   ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Umra belongs to the one to whom it is given for life, and ruqba belongs to the one to whom it is given as ruqba, and the one who takes back his gift is like one who returns to his vomit.”

6. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6506No grade recorded

   «الْعُمْرَى وَالرُّقْبَى سَوَاءٌ»

   ✧ “Umra and ruqba are the same.”

7. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6507No grade recorded

   «لَا تَحِلُّ الرُّقْبَى وَلَا الْعُمْرَى فَمَنْ أَعْمَرَ شَيْئًا فَهُوَ لَهُ وَمَنْ أَرْقَبَ شَيْئًا فَهُوَ لَهُ»

   ✧ “Ruqba is not lawful, nor is umra; whoever gives something as umra, it belongs to him, and whoever gives something as ruqba, it belongs to him.”

8. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6508No grade recorded

   «لَا تَصْلُحُ الْعُمْرَى وَلَا الرُّقْبَى فَمَنِ أَعْمَرَ شَيْئًا أَوْ أَرْقَبَهُ فَإِنَّهُ لِمَنْ أَعْمَرَهُ وَأَرْقَبَهُ حَيَاتَهُ وَمَوْتَهُ» أَرْسَلَهُ حَنْظَلَةُ

   ✧ "Lifelong tenancy and conditional tenancy are not valid. Whoever grants something as a lifelong tenancy or as a conditional tenancy, it belongs to the one to whom he granted it for his lifetime and after his death." Hanzalah reported it as mursal.

9. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6509No grade recorded

   قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تَحِلُّ الرُّقْبَى فَمَنْ أَرْقَبَ رُقْبَى فَهُوَ بِسَبِيلِ مِيرَاثٍ»

   ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Conditional tenancy is not lawful. Whoever grants a conditional tenancy, it is subject to the rules of inheritance."