Sahih al-Bukhari 6730

Book 85: Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) · Hadith 7

Hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها أَنَّ أَزْوَاجَ، النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم حِينَ تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَرَدْنَ أَنْ يَبْعَثْنَ عُثْمَانَ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ يَسْأَلْنَهُ مِيرَاثَهُنَّ‏.‏ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ أَلَيْسَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ لاَ نُورَثُ مَا تَرَكْنَا صَدَقَةٌ ‏"‏‏.‏

Narrated `Urwa:`Aisha said, "When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) died, his wives intended to send `Uthman to Abu Bakr asking him for their share of the inheritance." Then `Aisha said to them, "Didn't Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) say, 'Our (Apostles') property is not to be inherited, and whatever we leave is to be spent in charity?

Urwa bataate hain: Aisha ne kaha, 'Jab Allah ke Rasool (SAW) ka intekaal hua, unki biwiyon ne Uthman ko Abu Bakr ke paas bhejne ka iraada kiya taake wo miraas mein apna hissa maangein.' Phir Aisha ne unse kaha, 'Kya Allah ke Rasool (SAW) ne nahi kaha tha, "Humaari (Rasoolon ki) jaayadaad miraas mein nahi baanti jaati, aur jo bhi hum chhodte hain, wo sadqe mein kharch kiya jaata hai"?'

Sahih al-Bukhari 6730 · Book 85, Hadith 7

Read all hadith in Book 85: Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id)