English translation
3671. It was narrated that 'Amr bin Khârijah said: "The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ delivered a Khutbah and said: 'Allâh has given every person who has rights his due, and there is no bequest to an heir.'" (Hasan)
Hadith 3671
Invalidating Bequests To Heirs
- English source
Darussalam · Volume 4
30. The Book Of Wills(المعجم ٣٠) - كتاب الوصاياSunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
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الحديث: 3641 ¦ الجزء: 6 ¦ الصفحة: 247
Al-Albani source references (2)
- صحيح وضعيف سنن النسائي (opens in a new tab)
Source no. 3641 · Volume 8 · Page 213
Sahih
صحيح، ابن ماجة (٢٧١٣) //، الإرواء (٦ / ٨٨) ، المشكاة (٣٥٧٣) //
- صحيح سنن النسائي (opens in a new tab)
Source no. 3402 · Volume 2 · Page 774
Sahih
(صحيح) - ابن ماجه ٢٧١٣ [إرواء الغليل ٦/ ٨٨ وانظر المشكاة ٣٥٧٣].
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Arabic text
3641 - أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ غُنْمٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ خَارِجَةَ، قَالَ: خَطَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: «إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَعْطَى كُلَّ ذِي حَقٍّ حَقَّهُ، وَلَا وَصِيَّةَ لِوَارِثٍ»
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In the early period, one's offspring used to become heirs. For parents and other kith and kin, a bequest used to be made. Their right was not specified. In the same period, this Verse was revealed: "It is prescribed when death approaches any of you if he leaves any goods that he makes a bequest to parents and next of kin." (Al-Baqarah: 180) Then Allâh, Most High, specified in Surat An-Nisa the portions of parents, children, husband, wife, sister, and brother. Henceforth, the bequest did not remain necessary for heirs. So the will remained for those not assigned a portion of the inheritance.