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Lifelong Grant

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Darussalam · Volume 3

14. The ChaptersOn Gifts

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الحديث: 2379 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 796

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2379. It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "There is no lifelong grant. Whoever is given something as a lifelong grant, it is his." (Hasan)

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2379 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا عُمْرَى، فَمَنْ أُعْمِرَ شَيْئًا فَهُوَ لَهُ»

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The Arab would sometimes say when doing a favor to someone: 'I give you the permission to reside in my house for your whole life.' It means "this house will be mine or it will be inherited by my heirs after your death," it is called Umra. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ stated the Umra as a general charity. Now according to the Shari'ah, something given to someone as Umra will belong to whom it is given. It is wrong to stipulate the condition that 'it will come back to me after your death.'