Darussalam · Volume 4
23. The Chapters OnShares Of InheritanceSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 2749 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 918
Source no. 2749 · Volume 6 · Page 249
Sahih
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2749. It was narrated from 'Abdullāh bin 'Umar that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Whatever division of inheritance was made during the Ignorance period, stands according to the division of the Ignorance period, and whatever division of inheritance was made during Islam, it stands according to the division of Islam." (Hasan)
2749 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ لَهِيعَةَ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ نَافِعًا، يُخْبِرُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «مَا كَانَ مِنْ مِيرَاثٍ قُسِمَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَهُوَ عَلَى قِسْمَةِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، وَمَا كَانَ مِنْ مِيرَاثٍ أَدْرَكَهُ الْإِسْلَامُ فَهُوَ عَلَى قِسْمَةِ الْإِسْلَامِ»
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Even in the period of Ignorance, illegal sexual intercourse was considered a social evil, and there used to be difference between right and wrong, and legal and illegal. Before the advent of Islam, a child born as a result of illicit relations never got the status equal to a child born to a married couple. It has been explained in Chapter no. 14.