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ahmad:14298Sufyān > Ibn al-Munkadir > Jābir

I fell ill, and the Prophet ﷺ and Abu Bakr came to me on foot to visit me. As I was unconscious, I could not speak to him. He performed ablution and sprinkled water on me ; so I became conscious. I said: Messenger of Allah, how should I do in my property, as I have sisters? Thereafter the verse about inheritance was revealed: "They ask thee for legal decision. Say: Allah directs (thus) about those who leave no descendants or ascendants as heirs." (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2886)   

أحمد:١٤٢٩٨حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرًا يَقُولُ مَرِضْتُ فَأَتَانِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَعُودُنِي هُوَ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ مَاشِيَيْنِ وَقَدْ أُغْمِيَ عَلَيَّ فَلَمْ أُكَلِّمْهُ فَتَوَضَّأَ فَصَبَّهُ عَلَيَّ فَأَقَمْتُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ فِي مَالِي وَلِي أَخَوَاتٌ؟ قَالَ فَنَزَلَتْ آيَةُ الْمِيرَاثِ {يَسْتَفْتُونَكَ قُلِ اللهُ يُفْتِيكُمْ فِي الْكَلَالَةِ} [النساء 176] {إِنْ امْرُؤٌ هَلَكَ} [النساء 176] لَيْسَ لَهُ وَلَدٌ وَلَهُ أُخْتٌ  


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muslim:1616aʿAmr b. Muḥammad b. Bukayr al-Nāqid > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

I fell sick and there came to me on foot Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Abu Bakr for inquiring after my health. I fainted. He (the Holy Prophet) performed ablution and then sprinkled over me the water of his ablution. I felt some relief and said: Messenger of Allah, how should I decide about my property? He said nothing to me in response until this verse pertaining to the law of inheritance was revealed:" They ask you for a decision; say: Allah gives you a decision concerning the person who has neither parents nor children" (iv. 177).  

مسلم:١٦١٦aحَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ النَّاقِدُ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

مَرِضْتُ فَأَتَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ يَعُودَانِي مَاشِيَيْنِ فَأُغْمِيَ عَلَىَّ فَتَوَضَّأَ ثُمَّ صَبَّ عَلَىَّ مِنْ وَضُوئِهِ فَأَفَقْتُ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ أَقْضِي فِي مَالِي فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَىَّ شَيْئًا حَتَّى نَزَلَتْ آيَةُ الْمِيرَاثِ { يَسْتَفْتُونَكَ قُلِ اللَّهُ يُفْتِيكُمْ فِي الْكَلاَلَةِ}  

abudawud:2886Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Sufyān > Ibn al-Munkadir > Jābir

I fell ill, and the Prophet ﷺ and Abu Bakr came to me on foot to visit me. As I was unconscious, I could not speak to him. He performed ablution and sprinkled water on me ; so I became conscious. I said: Messenger of Allah, how should I do in my property, as I have sisters? Thereafter the verse about inheritance was revealed: "They ask thee for legal decision. Say: Allah directs (thus) about those who leave no descendants or ascendants as heirs."  

أبو داود:٢٨٨٦حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ الْمُنْكَدِرِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرًا يَقُولُ مَرِضْتُ فَأَتَانِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَعُودُنِي هُوَ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ مَاشِيَيْنِ وَقَدْ أُغْمِيَ عَلَىَّ فَلَمْ أُكَلِّمْهُ فَتَوَضَّأَ وَصَبَّهُ عَلَىَّ فَأَفَقْتُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ فِي مَالِي وَلِي أَخَوَاتٌ قَالَ فَنَزَلَتْ آيَةُ الْمَوَارِيثِ { يَسْتَفْتُونَكَ قُلِ اللَّهُ يُفْتِيكُمْ فِي الْكَلاَلَةِ }  

tirmidhi:2097al-Faḍl b. al-Ṣabbāḥ al-Baghdādī > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

"I was ill, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺcame to visit me and found me unconscious. He came walking while Abu Bakr and 'Umar were with him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed Wudu, then poured the remaining water on me, so I came to my senses. I said: 'O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! how shall I dispose of my wealth?' - or - 'What shall I do with my wealth?' He did not reply anything to me" -and he had nine sisters- "until the Ayah about the inheritance was revealed: they ask you for a legal verdict. Say: "Allah directs (thus) about Al-Kalalah." Jabir said: "It was revealed regarding me."  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٢٠٩٧حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ قال أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ قال أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُنْكَدِرِ

سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ مَرِضْتُ فَأَتَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَعُودُنِي فَوَجَدَنِي قَدْ أُغْمِيَ عَلَىَّ فَأَتَى وَمَعَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ وَهُمَا مَاشِيَانِ فَتَوَضَّأَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَصَبَّ عَلَىَّ مِنْ وَضُوئِهِ فَأَفَقْتُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ أَقْضِي فِي مَالِي أَوْ كَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ فِي مَالِي فَلَمْ يُجِبْنِي شَيْئًا وَكَانَ لَهُ تِسْعُ أَخَوَاتٍ حَتَّى نَزَلَتْ آيَةُ الْمِيرَاثِ (يَسْتَفْتُونَكَ قُلِ اللَّهُ يُفْتِيكُمْ فِي الْكَلاَلَةِ ) الآيَةَ قَالَ جَابِرٌ فِيَّ نَزَلَتْ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
ibnmajah:2728Hishām b. ʿAmmār > Sufyān > Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

“I fell sick and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to visit me, he and Abu Bakr with him, and they came walking. I had lost consciousness, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed ablution and poured some of the water of his ablution over me. I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, what should I do? How should I decide about my wealth?’ Until the Verse of inheritance was revealed at the end of An-Nisa’: “If the man or woman whose inheritance is in question has left neither ascendants or descendents.” [4:12] And: “They ask you for a legal verdict. Say: ‘Allah directs (thus) about those who leave neither descendants nor ascendants as heirs.’” [4:176]  

ابن ماجة:٢٧٢٨حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ

سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ مَرِضْتُ فَأَتَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَعُودُنِي هُوَ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ مَعَهُ وَهُمَا مَاشِيَانِ وَقَدْ أُغْمِيَ عَلَىَّ فَتَوَضَّأَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَصَبَّ عَلَىَّ مِنْ وَضُوئِهِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ كَيْفَ أَقْضِي فِي مَالِي حَتَّى نَزَلَتْ آيَةُ الْمِيرَاثِ فِي آخِرِ النِّسَاءِ {وَإِنْ كَانَ رَجُلٌ يُورَثُ كَلاَلَةً} الآيَةَ وَ {يَسْتَفْتُونَكَ قُلِ اللَّهُ يُفْتِيكُمْ فِي الْكَلاَلَةِ} الآيَةَ  

bayhaqi:12268Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Muḥammad b. Bakr > Abū Dāwud > Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Sufyān > Ibn al-Munkadir > Jābir

[Machine] He heard Jabir saying, "I fell ill and the Prophet ﷺ came to visit me with Abu Bakr, walking, while I was unconscious and unable to speak to him. He performed ablution and poured water on me, and I regained consciousness. I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, what should I do with my wealth when I have sisters?' He said, 'The verse of inheritance was revealed: "They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the division of inheritances. Say, ' Allah instructs you about one's relatives.'" (Quran 4:176).' In another narration from Shu'bah narrated from Ibn Al-Munkadir from Jabir in this hadith, he said, 'Only a paternal uncle could inherit me, so he was named as a paternal uncle.' It was mentioned by the scholar and Jabir bin Abdullah, in whom the verse of inheritance was revealed, did not have any children or parents, as his father was killed on the day of Uhud and this verse was revealed after that."  

البيهقي:١٢٢٦٨وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ الْمُنْكَدِرِ يُحَدِّثُ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرًا يَقُولُ مَرِضْتُ فَأَتَانِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَعُودُنِي هُوَ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ مَاشِيَيْنِ وَقَدْ أُغْمِيَ عَلَيَّ فَلَمْ أُكَلِّمْهُ فَتَوَضَّأَ وَصَبَّهُ عَلَيَّ فَأَفَقْتُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ فِي مَالِي وَلِي أَخَوَاتٌ؟ قَالَ فَنَزَلَتْ آيَةُ الْمِيرَاثِ {يَسْتَفْتُونَكَ قُلِ اللهُ يُفْتِيكُمْ فِي الْكَلَالَةِ} [النساء 176] مَنْ كَانَ لَيْسَ لَهُ وَلَدٌ وَلَهُ أَخَوَاتٌ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ شُعْبَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ إِنَّمَا يَرِثُنِي كَلَالَةٌ فَسَمَّى مَنْ يَرِثُهُ كَلَالَةً وَقَدْ مَضَى ذِكْرُهُ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ وَجَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الَّذِي نَزَلَتْ فِيهِ آيَةُ الْكَلَالَةِ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ وَلَدٌ وَلَا وَالِدٌ؛ لِأَنَّ أَبَاهُ قُتِلَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ وَهَذِهِ الْآيَةُ نَزَلَتْ بَعْدَهُ