al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6276
✧ The Inheritance of Prophets' Mentions
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أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ أَبُو حَفْصٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي بِشْرُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ وَهُوَ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَوْسِ بْنِ الْحَدَثَانِ قَالَ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ عُمَرُ حِينَ تَعَالَى النَّهَارُ فَجِئْتُهُ فَوَجَدْتُهُ جَالِسًا عَلَى سَرِيرٍ مُفْضِيًا إِلَى رِمَالِهِ فَقَالَ
حِينَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ يَا مَالِكُ إِنَّهُ قَدْ دَقَّ أَهْلُ أَبْيَاتٍ وَقَدْ أَمَرْتُ فِيهِمْ بِرَضْخٍ فَخُذْهُ فَاقْسِمْ بَيْنَهُمْ قُلْتُ لَوْ أَمَرْتَ بِهِ غَيْرِي؟ قَالَ خُذْهُ فَجَاءَ يَرْفَأُ قَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ هَلْ لَكَ فِي عُثْمَانَ وَعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ وَالزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ الْعَوَّامِ وَسَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَأَذِنَ لَهُمْ فَدَخَلُوا ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ هَلْ لَكَ فِي الْعَبَّاسِ وَعَلِيٍّ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَأَذِنَ لَهُمَا فَدَخَلَا فَقَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ اقْضِ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ هَذَا يَعْنِي عَلِيًّا فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَجَلْ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَاقْضِ بَيْنَهُمَا وَارْحَمْهُمَا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ أَنْشُدُكُمْ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى أُولَئِكَ الرَّهْطِ فَقَالَ أَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللهِ الَّذِي بِإِذْنِهِ تَقُومُ السَّمَاءُ وَالْأَرْضُ هَلْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا نُورَثُ مَا تَرَكْنَا صَدَقَةٌ؟» قَالُوا نَعَمْ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ وَالْعَبَّاسِ فَقَالَ أَنْشُدُكُمَا بِاللهِ الَّذِي بِإِذْنِهِ تَقُومُ السَّمَاءُ وَالْأَرْضُ هَلْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَا نُورَثُ مَا تَرَكْنَا صَدَقَةٌ ؟ قَالَا نَعَمْ قَالَ فَإِنَّ اللهَ خَصَّ نَبِيَّهُ ﷺ بِخَاصَّةٍ لَمْ يَخُصَّ بِهَا أَحَدًا مِنَ النَّاسِ فَقَالَ {وَمَا أَفَاءَ اللهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ مِنْهُمْ فَمَا أَوْجَفْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ خَيْلٍ وَلَا رِكَابٍ وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ يُسَلَّطُ رُسُلَهُ عَلَى مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَاللهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ} [الحشر 6] فَكَانَ اللهُ أَفَاءَ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ ﷺ بَنِي النَّضِيرِ فَوَاللهِ مَا اسْتَأْثَرَ بِهَا عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَا أَخَذَهَا دُونَكُمْ فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَأْخُذُ مِنْهَا نَفَقَةَ سَنَةٍ وَيَجْعَلُ مَا بَقِيَ أُسْوَةَ الْمَالِ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى أُولَئِكَ الرَّهْطِ فَقَالَ أَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللهِ الَّذِي بِإِذْنِهِ تَقُومُ السَّمَاءُ وَالْأَرْضُ هَلْ تَعْلَمُونَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالُوا نَعَمْ وَأَقْبَلَ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ وَالْعَبَّاسِ فَقَالَ أَنْشُدُكُمَا بِاللهِ الَّذِي بِإِذْنِهِ تَقُومُ السَّمَاءُ وَالْأَرْضُ هَلْ تَعْلَمَانِ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَا نَعَمْ فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَنَا وَلِيُّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَجِئْتَ أَنْتَ وَهَذَا إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَجِئْتَ أَنْتَ تَطْلُبُ مِيرَاثَكَ مِنِ ابْنِ أَخِيكَ وَيَطْلُبُ هَذَا مِيرَاثَ امْرَأَتِهِ مِنْ أَبِيهَا فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا نُورَثُ مَا تَرَكْنَا صَدَقَةٌ» فَوَلِيَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ قُلْتُ أَنَا وَلِيُّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَوَلِيُّ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَوَلِيتُهَا مَا شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ أَلِيَهَا ثُمَّ جِئْتَ أَنْتَ وَهَذَا وَأَنْتُمَا جَمِيعًا وَأَمْرُكُمَا وَاحِدٌ فَسَأَلْتُمَانِيهَا فَقُلْتُ إِنْ شِئْتُمَا أَدْفَعَهَا إِلَيْكُمَا عَلَى أَنَّ عَلَيْكُمَا عَهْدَ اللهِ لِتَلِيَانَهَا بِالَّذِي كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَلِيهَا بِهِ فَأَخَذْتُمَاهَا مِنِّي عَلَى ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ جِئْتُمَانِي لِأَقْضِيَ بَيْنَكُمَا بِغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ وَاللهِ لَا أَقْضِي بَيْنَكُمَا بِغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ فَإِنْ عَجَزْتُمَا عَنْهَا فَرُدَّاهَا إِلَيَّ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿAmr b. ʿAlī Abū Ḥafṣ
- Bishr b. ʿUmar b. al-Ḥakam / al-Zahrānī
- Mālik
- al-Zuhrī
- Mālik b. Aws b. al-Ḥadathān
✧ When I entered upon him: O Mālik, some households have become needy, and I have ordered a gift for them, so take it and distribute it among them. I said: Perhaps you could order someone else? He said: Take it. Then Yarfaʾ came and said: O Commander of the Believers, do you want ʿUthmān, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿAwf, al-Zubayr b. al-ʿAwwām, and Saʿd b. Abī Waqqāṣ? He said: Yes, so he gave them permission and they entered. Then he came and said: O Commander of the Believers, do you want al-ʿAbbās and ʿAlī? He said: Yes, so he gave them permission and they entered. Al-ʿAbbās said: O Commander of the Believers, judge between me and this one—meaning ʿAlī. Some of them said: Yes, O Commander of the Believers, judge between them and be merciful to them. ʿUmar said: I adjure you. Then he turned to that group and said: I adjure you by God, by whose permission the heavens and the earth stand, do you know that the Messenger of God ﷺ said: «We are not inherited; what we leave is charity»? They said: Yes. Then he turned to ʿAlī and al-ʿAbbās and said: I adjure you both by God, by whose permission the heavens and the earth stand, do you know that the Messenger of God ﷺ said: We are not inherited; what we leave is charity? They both said: Yes. He said: God singled out His Prophet ﷺ with a special thing with which He singled out no one else of the people, for He said: {And what God gave as spoil to His Messenger from them, you did not spur for it any horses or camels, but God gives His messengers authority over whom He wills, and God is over all things competent} [al-Ḥashr 6]. God gave as spoil to His Messenger ﷺ the Banū al-Naḍīr. By God, he did not keep it for himself to your exclusion, nor did he take it without you. The Messenger of God ﷺ used to take from it his yearly spending and make the rest like the common wealth. Then he turned to that group and said: I adjure you by God, by whose permission the heavens and the earth stand, do you know that? They said: Yes. And he turned to ʿAlī and al-ʿAbbās and said: I adjure you both by God, by whose permission the heavens and the earth stand, do you both know that? They both said: Yes. When the Messenger of God ﷺ died, Abū Bakr said: I am the successor of the Messenger of God ﷺ. Then you and this one came to Abū Bakr; you came seeking your inheritance from your brother's son, and this one seeking his wife's inheritance from her father. Abū Bakr said: The Messenger of God ﷺ said: «We are not inherited; what we leave is charity.» So Abū Bakr took charge of it. When he died, I said: I am the successor of the Messenger of God ﷺ and the successor of Abū Bakr, so I took charge of it as long as God willed me to take charge of it. Then you and this one came, and you were both together and your matter was one, so you asked me for it. I said: If you wish, I will hand it over to you on condition that you have God's covenant to manage it as the Messenger of God ﷺ used to manage it. So you took it from me on that condition. Then you came to me for me to judge between you other than that. By God, I will not judge between you other than that until the Hour comes. If you are unable to manage it, return it to me.
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