English translation
4034. The subnarrator said, "I told 'Urwa bin Az-Zubair of this Hadīth and he said, 'Mālik bin Aus has told the truth. I heard 'Aishah رضي الله عنها, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ saying, 'The wives of the Prophet ﷺ sent 'Uthmān to Abū Bakr demanding from him their one-eighth of the Fai which Allāh had granted to His Messenger ﷺ. But I used to oppose them and say to them: Will you not fear Allāh? Don't you know that the Prophet ﷺ used to say: Our property is not inherited, but whatever we leave is to be given in charity? The Prophet ﷺ mentioned that regarding himself.' He ﷺ added: The family of Muhammad ﷺ can take their sustenance from this property. So the wives of the Prophet ﷺ stopped demanding it when I told them of that.' So, this property (of Sadaqa) was in the hands of 'Ali who withheld it from 'Abbās and overpowered him. Then it came in the hands of Ḥasan bin 'Ali, then in the hands of Ḥusain bin 'Ali, and then in the hands of 'Ali bin Ḥusain and Ḥasan bin Ḥasan, and each of the last two used to manage it in turn, then it came in the hands of Zaid bin Ḥasan, and it was truly the Sadaqa of Allāh's Messenger ﷺ."
