Narrated Aisha: regarding the Statement of Allah: And whoever amongst the guardian is rich, he should take no wages, but if he is poor, let him have for himself what is just and reasonable (according to his work). This Verse was revealed regarding the orphan's property. If the guardian is poor, he can take from the property of the orphan, what is just and reasonable according to his work and the time he spends on managing it.
Read More..Narrated Ikrama: Ibn `Abbas said ( regarding the verse), And when the relatives and the orphans and the poor are present at the time of division, this verse and its order is valid and not abrogated.
Read More..Narrated Jabir: The Prophet and Abu Bakr came on foot to pay me a visit (during my illness) at Banu Salama's (dwellings). The Prophet found me unconscious, so he asked for water and performed the ablution from it and sprinkled some water over it. I came to my senses and said, O Allah's Messenger ! What do you order me to do as regards my wealth? So there was revealed:-- Allah commands you as regards your children's (inheritance): (4.11)
Read More..Narrated Ibn `Abbas: (In the Pre-Islamic Period ) the children used to inherit all the property but the parents used to inherit only through a will. So Allah cancelled that which He liked to cancel and put decreed that the share of a son was to be twice the share of a daughter, and for the parents one-sixth for each one of them, or one third, and for the wife one-eighth or one-fourth, and for the husband one-half, or one-fourth.
Read More..Narrated Ibn `Abbas: regarding the Divine Verse: O you who believe! You are forbidden to inherit women against their will, and you should not treat them with harshness that you may take back part of the (Mahr) dower you have given them. (4.19) (Before this revelation) if a man died, his relatives used to have the right to inherit his wife, and one of them could marry her if he would, or they would give her in marriage if they wished, or, if they wished, they would not give her in marriage at all, and they would be more entitled to dispose her, than her own relatives. So the above Verse was revealed in this connection.
Read More..Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Regarding the Verse: To everyone, We have appointed heirs. (4.33) 'Mawali' means heirs. And regarding:-- And those to whom your right hands have pledged. When the Emigrants came to Medina, an Emigrant used to be the heir of an Ansari with the exclusion of the latter's relatives, and that was because of the bond of brotherhood which the Prophet had established between them (i.e. the Emigrants and the Ansar). So when the Verses:-- To everyone We have appointed heirs. was revealed, (the inheritance through bond of brotherhood) was cancelled. Ibn `Abbas then said: And those to whom your right hands have pledged. is concerned with the covenant of helping and advising each other. So allies are no longer to be the heir of each other, but they can bequeath each other some of their property by means of a will.
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