“Rabab bin Hudhaifah (bin Sa’eed) bin Sahm married Umm Wa’il bint Ma’mar Al-Jumahiyyah, and she bore him three sons. Their mother died and her sons inherited her houses and the Wala’ of her freed slaves. ‘Amr bin ‘As took them out to Sham, and they died of the plague of ‘Amwas. ‘Amr inherited from them, and he was their ‘Asabah.* When ‘Amr came back, Banu Ma’mar came to him and they referred their dispute with him concerning the Wala’ of their sister to ‘Umar. ‘Umar said: ‘I will judge between you according to what I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I heard him say: “What the son or father acquires goes to his. ‘Asabah, no matter who they are.’” So he ruled in our favour and wrote a document to that effect, in which was the testimony of ‘Abdur-Rahman bin ‘Awf, Zaid bin Thabit and someone else. Then when ‘Abdul-Malik bin Marwan was appointed caliph, a freed slave of hers (Umm Wa’il’s) died, leaving behind two thousand Dinar. I heard that that ruling had been changed, so they referred the dispute to Hisham bin Isma’il. We referred the matter to ‘Abdul-Malik, and brought him the document of ‘Umar. He said: ‘I thought that this was a ruling concerning which there was no doubt. I never thought that the people of Al-Madinah would reach such a state that they would doubt this ruling. So he ruled in our favour, and it remained like that afterwards.”  

سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ مَا أَحْرَزَ الْوَلَدُ أَوِ الْوَالِدُ فَهُوَ لِعَصَبَتِهِ مَنْ كَانَ قَالَ فَقَضَى لَنَا بِهِ وَكَتَبَ لَنَا بِهِ كِتَابًا فِيهِ شَهَادَةُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ وَزَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ وَآخَرَ حَتَّى إِذَا اسْتُخْلِفَ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ مَرْوَانَ تُوُفِّيَ مَوْلًى لَهَا وَتَرَكَ أَلْفَىْ دِينَارٍ فَبَلَغَنِي أَنَّ ذَلِكَ الْقَضَاءَ قَدْ غُيِّرَ فَخَاصَمُوهُ إِلَى هِشَامِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ فَرَفَعَنَا إِلَى عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ فَأَتَيْنَاهُ بِكِتَابِ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ إِنْ كُنْتُ لأَرَى أَنَّ هَذَا مِنَ الْقَضَاءِ الَّذِي لاَ يُشَكُّ فِيهِ وَمَا كُنْتُ أَرَى أَنَّ أَمْرَ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ بَلَغَ هَذَا أَنْ يَشُكُّوا فِي هَذَا الْقَضَاءِ فَقَضَى لَنَا بِهِ فَلَمْ نَزَلْ فِيهِ بَعْدُ  

[Machine] "The child does not belong to the father or the mother, rather it is attributed to its lineage. Whoever says, 'I have written a book for him in which there is the testimony of Abdur-Rahman ibn Auf and Zaid ibn Thabit,' and another man, when Abd al-Malik was appointed as a ruler, they disputed whether it should be referred to Hisham ibn Isma'il or Isma'il ibn Hisham. They raised the matter to Abd al-Malik and he said, 'This is from the legal judgment that I did not see.' He ruled for us according to the book of Umar ibn al-Khattab, and we have been following it until now.' The Sheikh, may Allah have mercy on him, said this in this narration, and we have also narrated from Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib, from Umar ibn al-Khattab, and Uthman ibn Affan, for they said that the allegiance goes to the elder and the narrator from Ibn al-Musayyib, from Umar is more authentic than the narration of Amr ibn Shuayb. As for the hadith that is mentioned, it does not contain the statement of the Prophet ﷺ regarding allegiance."  

ﷺ مَا أَحْرَزَ الْوَلَدُ أَوِ الْوَالِدُ فَهُوَ لِعَصَبَتِهِ مَنْ كَانَ قَالَ فَكَتَبْتُ لَهُ كِتَابًا فِيهِ شَهَادَةُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ وَزَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ ؓ وَرَجُلٍ آخَرَ فَلَمَّا اسْتُخْلِفَ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ اخْتَصَمُوا إِلَى هِشَامِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ أَوْ إِلَى إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ هِشَامٍ فَرَفَعَهُمْ إِلَى عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ فَقَالَ هَذَا مِنَ الْقَضَاءِ الَّذِي مَا كُنْتُ أَرَاهُ قَالَ فَقَضَى لَنَا بِكِتَابِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ فَنَحْنُ فِيهِ إِلَى السَّاعَةِ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ كَذَا فِي هَذِهِ الرِّوَايَةِ وَقَدْ رُوِّينَا عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ وَعُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ ؓ فَإِنَّهُمَا قَالَا الْوَلَاءُ لِلْكُبْرِ وَمُرْسَلُ ابْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ عُمَرَ ؓ أَصَحُّ مِنْ رِوَايَةِ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ وَأَمَّا الْحَدِيثُ الْمَرْفُوعُ فِيهِ فَلَيْسَ فِيهِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ ذَلِكَ فِي الْوَلَاءِ  

"عن عمرو بن شُعيبٍ، عن أبيهِ، عن جدِّه أن ربابَ بن حُذيفةَ تزوجَ امرأةً فولدت له ثلاثةَ غِلْمَةٍ، فماتت أُمُّهم، فورثوا رباعها وولاءَ موالِيها، وكان عمرو بن العاص عصبة بينها، فأخرجهم إلى الشام فماتوا، فقدم عمرو بن العاص، ومات مولى لها

وترك مالا فخاصَمَه إخوتُها إلى عمرَ بنِ الخطابِ فقال عمرُ: قال رسول الله ﷺ : ما أحوز الولدُ أو الوالدُ فهو لعصبته من كان؛ قال: قال: فكتب له كتابا فيه شهادةُ عبدِ الرحمنِ بن عوفٍ، وزيد بن ثابت، ورجل آخر، فلما استخلف عبد الملك اختصموا إلى هشام بنِ إسماعيلَ فرفعهم إلى عبد الملك، فقال: هذا من القضاء الذي ما كنت أراه، فقضى لنا بكتاب عمر، فنحن فيه إلى الساعة".