Narrated Umar ibn Abdul Aziz: Al-Mughirah (ibn Shubah) said: Umar ibn Abdul Aziz gathered the family of Marwan when he was made caliph, and he said: Fadak belonged to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم, and he made contributions from it, showing repeated kindness to the poor of the Banu Hashim from it, and supplying from it the cost of marriage for those who were unmarried. Fatimah asked him to give it to her, but he refused. That is how matters stood during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم till he passed on (i. e. died). When Abu Bakr was made ruler he administered it as the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم had done in his lifetime till he passed on. Then when Umar ibn al-Khattab was made ruler he administered it as they had done till he passed on. Then it was given to Marwan as a fief, and it afterwards came to Umar ibn Abdul Aziz. Umar ibn Abdul Aziz said: I consider I have no right to something which the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم refused to Fatimah, and I call you to witness that I have restored it to its former condition; meaning in the time of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم. Abu Dawud said: When Umar bin Abd al-Aziz was made caliph its revenue was forty thousand dinars, and when he died its revenue was four hundred dinars. Had he remained alive, it would have been less than it.
Read More..Narrated Abu Bakr: Abut Tufayl said: Fatimah came to Abu Bakr asking him for the inheritance of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم. Abu Bakr said: I heard the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم say: If Allah, Most High, gives a Prophet some means of sustenance, that goes to his successor.
Read More..Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as saying: Do not distribute dinars among my heirs: Whatever I left after contribution to my wives and provisions for my governor is sadaqah (alms). Abu Dawud said: 'Amil means the workers or laborers on the land (i. e. peasants).
Read More..Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab: AbulBakhtari said: I heard from a man a tradition which I liked. I said to him: Write it down for me. So he brought it clearly written to me. (It says): Al-Abbas and Ali entered upon Umar when Talhah, az-Zubayr, Abdur Rahman and Saad were with him. They (Abbas and Ali) were disputing. Umar said to Talhah, az-Zubayr, Abdur Rahman and Saad: Do you not know that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: All the property of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم is sadaqah (alms), except what he provided for his family for their sustenance and their clothing. We are not to be inherited. They said: Yes, indeed. He said: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم used to spend from his property on his family, and give the residue as sadaqah (alms). The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم then died, and Abu Bakr ruled for two years. He would deal with it in the same manner as the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم did. He then mentioned a little from the tradition of Malik ibn Aws.
Read More..Narrated Aishah: When the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم died, the wives of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم intended to send Uthman bin Affan to Abu Bakr to ask him their cost of living from (the inheritance of) the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم. Thereupon Aishah said: Did not the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم say: We are not inherited. Whatever we leave is sadaqah.
Read More..A similar tradition has been narrated by Ibn Shihab through a different chain of narrators. This version says: I said: Do you not fear Allah ? Did you not hear the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم say: We are not inherited. Whatever we leave is sadaqah (alms). This property belongs to the family of Muhammad for their emergent needs and their guest. When I die, it will go to him who becomes ruler after me.
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