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Just a day after Muhammad’s death, inheritance problems arose among Abu Bakr and Muhammad’s daughther Fatima and her husband Ali. According to Muhammad, prophets do not leave inheritence after them, and this is confirmed by this hadith of Bukhari:
Sahih Muslim
Book 019, Number 4351:
It is narrated on the authority of 'Aisha who said: When the Messenger of Allah passed away, his wives made up their minds to send 'Uthman b. 'Affan (as their spokesman) to Abu Bakr to demand from him their share from the legacy of the Holy Prophet . (At this), Aisha said to them: Hasn’t the Messenger of Allah said: “We (Prophets) do not have any heirs; what we leave behind is (to be given in) charity”?
yet we read in the Quran 27:16 and 19:6 that prophets do indeed leave inheritance for their sons.
So we read in “Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir by Ibn Sa’d:
Account of the legacy (inheritance) of the apostle of Allah, and what property he left behind:
The apostle of Allah said, “The dinars and dirhams (money) should not be distributed among my heirs, what I leave should go into charity after the maintenance expenses of my wives and the provisions of my servant.
I heard Umar saying, “The day when the Apostle of Allah died bayah was offered to Abu Bakr. On the following day Fatimah came to Abu Bakr and there was Ali with her.
Fatimah came to Abu Bakr and demanded her share in the inheritance. Al-Abbas came to him and demanded his share in the inheritance. Ali came with them. Thereupon Abu Bakr said, “The Apostle of Allah said, “We leave no inheritance, what we leave behind us is sadaqah.” I shall make provisions for those for whom the Prophet had made.” On this Ali said, “Sulayman (Solomon) inherited Dawud (David), and Zakariya said, ‘He may be my heir and the heir of the children of Yaqab (Zachariah and John the Baptist)’”. Abu Bakr said, “This is as this is. By Allah! You know it as I know.” Thereupon Ali said, “This is the Book of Allah that speaks.” Then they became quiet and retired.
Fatimah asked Abu Bakr, “When you die who will inherit you?” He replied, “My children and relatives.” She said, “What is the justification of your becoming inheritor of the Prophet keeping us away?” He replied, “O daughter of the Apostle of Allah! I did not inherit your father’s land, gold, silver, slave, or property. She said, “The share of Allah (Khums i.e. one-fifth) which He has allotted to us and which is only our share, is in your hands.” Thereupon he replied, “I heard the Apostle of Allah saying, “It is the food that Allah makes me eat. When I die it will be distributed among the Muslims”
Abu Bakr said, “Verily, the Apostle of Allah said, “We do not leave inheritance, what we leave goes into sadaqah. Verily, the members of Muhammad’s family will get provision from this money. By Allah! I shall not change the distribution of the sadaqah of the Apostle of Allah from what it was in the time of Apostle of Allah. I shall continue to spend them under the same heads as the Apostle of Allah was spending. So Abu Bakr refused to give any thing to Fatimah. Consequently Fatimah became angry with Abu Bakr and left him. She did not talk with him till she died.
First, no mourning, reflection, drawing near to each other, nothing, the very next day money is the talk of the day… his body was still warm when greed and hatred was rampant among Muhammad’s closest family members… what happened to the Islamic devotion in light of money and politics?
Second, Muhammad’s companions failed to attend his funeral preferring to participate in the selection of his successor. What does that tell of their spirit of Islam?
Third, the Quran talks about inheritence after prophets, yet Muhammad taught the opposite in the authentic hadith and Ali had to correct the now dead Muhammad and remind Abu Bakr of what the Quran says which baffled Abu Bakr.
Sahih Muslim
Book 019, Number 4351:
It is narrated on the authority of 'Aisha who said: When the Messenger of Allah passed away, his wives made up their minds to send 'Uthman b. 'Affan (as their spokesman) to Abu Bakr to demand from him their share from the legacy of the Holy Prophet . (At this), Aisha said to them: Hasn’t the Messenger of Allah said: “We (Prophets) do not have any heirs; what we leave behind is (to be given in) charity”?
yet we read in the Quran 27:16 and 19:6 that prophets do indeed leave inheritance for their sons.
So we read in “Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir by Ibn Sa’d:
Account of the legacy (inheritance) of the apostle of Allah, and what property he left behind:
The apostle of Allah said, “The dinars and dirhams (money) should not be distributed among my heirs, what I leave should go into charity after the maintenance expenses of my wives and the provisions of my servant.
I heard Umar saying, “The day when the Apostle of Allah died bayah was offered to Abu Bakr. On the following day Fatimah came to Abu Bakr and there was Ali with her.
Fatimah came to Abu Bakr and demanded her share in the inheritance. Al-Abbas came to him and demanded his share in the inheritance. Ali came with them. Thereupon Abu Bakr said, “The Apostle of Allah said, “We leave no inheritance, what we leave behind us is sadaqah.” I shall make provisions for those for whom the Prophet had made.” On this Ali said, “Sulayman (Solomon) inherited Dawud (David), and Zakariya said, ‘He may be my heir and the heir of the children of Yaqab (Zachariah and John the Baptist)’”. Abu Bakr said, “This is as this is. By Allah! You know it as I know.” Thereupon Ali said, “This is the Book of Allah that speaks.” Then they became quiet and retired.
Fatimah asked Abu Bakr, “When you die who will inherit you?” He replied, “My children and relatives.” She said, “What is the justification of your becoming inheritor of the Prophet keeping us away?” He replied, “O daughter of the Apostle of Allah! I did not inherit your father’s land, gold, silver, slave, or property. She said, “The share of Allah (Khums i.e. one-fifth) which He has allotted to us and which is only our share, is in your hands.” Thereupon he replied, “I heard the Apostle of Allah saying, “It is the food that Allah makes me eat. When I die it will be distributed among the Muslims”
Abu Bakr said, “Verily, the Apostle of Allah said, “We do not leave inheritance, what we leave goes into sadaqah. Verily, the members of Muhammad’s family will get provision from this money. By Allah! I shall not change the distribution of the sadaqah of the Apostle of Allah from what it was in the time of Apostle of Allah. I shall continue to spend them under the same heads as the Apostle of Allah was spending. So Abu Bakr refused to give any thing to Fatimah. Consequently Fatimah became angry with Abu Bakr and left him. She did not talk with him till she died.
First, no mourning, reflection, drawing near to each other, nothing, the very next day money is the talk of the day… his body was still warm when greed and hatred was rampant among Muhammad’s closest family members… what happened to the Islamic devotion in light of money and politics?
Second, Muhammad’s companions failed to attend his funeral preferring to participate in the selection of his successor. What does that tell of their spirit of Islam?
Third, the Quran talks about inheritence after prophets, yet Muhammad taught the opposite in the authentic hadith and Ali had to correct the now dead Muhammad and remind Abu Bakr of what the Quran says which baffled Abu Bakr.
, every family member running for his/her share before its too late, FYI that is happening also in most of the Islamic countries, where you see family members chatting about the inheritance while sitting in the funeral.
