34. Inheritance
٣٤۔ كِتَابُ الْفَرَائِضِ
[Machine] That the Prophet ﷺ said, "Combine wealth with the obligations, and whatever remains of the obligations should go to the nearest male heirs." And in another narration of Musa: "Combine the obligations with their rightful recipients, and whatever is left should go to the nearest male heirs."
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ أَلْحِقُوا الْمَالَ بِالْفَرَائِضِ فَمَا أَبْقَتِ الْفَرَائِضُ فَلِأَوْلَى رَجُلٍ ذَكَرٍ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ مُوسَى أَلْحِقُوا الْفَرَائِضَ بِأَهْلِهَا فَمَا بَقِيَ فَهُوَ لِأَوْلَى رَجُلٍ ذَكَرٍ
[Machine] "And if someone's father passes away and he leaves no one except him, then he inherits all the wealth. And if someone's father passes away and he leaves a son, the father receives one-sixth and the rest goes to the son. And if someone's grandson passes away and he leaves no son, then the grandson's son inherits in the place of the son."
وَإِنْ تَرَكَ أَبَاهُ وَلَمْ يَتْرُكْ أَحَدًا غَيْرَهُ فَلَهُ الْمَالُ وَإِنْ تَرَكَ أَبَاهُ وَتَرَكَ ابْنَا فَلِلْأَبِ السُّدُسُ وَمَا بَقِيَ فَلِلِابْنِ وَإِنْ تَرَكَ ابْنَ ابْنٍ وَلَمْ يَتْرُكِ ابْنًا فَابْنُ الِابْنِ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الِابْنِ
[Machine] The brother of the mother and father is more entitled to inheritance than the brother of the father, and the brother of the father is more entitled to inheritance than the son of the brother of the father and the mother. The son of the brother of the father is more entitled to inheritance than the son of the son of the brother of the father and the mother. The uncle of the father is more entitled to inheritance than the brother of the father and the uncle of the father is more entitled to inheritance than the son of the uncle of the father and the mother. The son of the uncle of the father is more entitled to inheritance than the cousin of the father and the mother. If you are asked about any of this, attribute the deceased to their father and attribute those who dispute in the guardianship to their tribe. If you find anyone among them who is attributed to a father which is not attributed by others except to a higher father, then give the inheritance to the one who is attributed to the closest father without the others. And if you find all of them attributed to one father, then look at their position in relation to lineage. If it is only the son of a son, then give the inheritance to him excluding the others. But if the parties are a son of a mother and a father, and you find them equal, proportional in the number of fathers to one father, until they inherit from the deceased, and all of them are sons of a father or sons of a father and mother, then divide the inheritance equally among them. And if the parent of some of them is the brother of the parent of the deceased, then the inheritance is only for their father and mother. And if the parent of someone other than the deceased is only the brother of the parent, then the inheritance is only for their father. Because the inheritance is for the children of the father and mother, excluding the children of the father and the grandfather is more entitled than the son of the brother of the father and the mother, and more entitled than the cousin of the father and the mother.
الْأَخُ لِلْأُمِّ وَالْأَبِ أَوْلَى بِالْمِيرَاثِ مِنَ الْأَخِ لِلْأَبِ وَالْأَخُ لِلْأَبِ أَوْلَى بِالْمِيرَاثِ مِنِ ابْنِ الْأَخِ لِلْأَبِ وَالْأُمِّ وَابْنُ الْأَخِ لِلْأُمِّ وَالْأَبِ أَوْلَى مِنِ ابْنِ الْأَخِ لِلْأَبِ وَابْنُ الْأَخِ لِلْأَبِ أَوْلَى مِنِ ابْنِ ابْنِ الْأَخِ لِلْأَبِ وَالْأُمِّ وَابْنُ الْأَخِ لِلْأَبِ أَوْلَى مِنَ الْعَمِّ أَخِي الْأَبِ لِلْأُمِّ وَالْأَبِ وَالْعَمُّ أَخُو الْأَبِ لِلْأُمِّ وَالْأَبِ أَوْلَى مِنَ الْعَمِّ أَخِي الْأَبِ لِلْأَبِ وَالْعَمُّ أَخُو الْأَبِ لِلْأَبِ أَوْلَى مِنِ ابْنِ الْعَمِّ أَخِي الْأَبِ لِلْأَبِ وَالْأُمِّ وَابْنُ الْعَمِّ لِلْأَبِ أَوْلَى مِنْ عَمِّ الْأَبِ أَخِي أَبِي الْأَبِ لِلْأُمِّ وَالْأَبِ وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ سُئِلَ عَنْهُ مِنْ مِيرَاثِ الْعَصَبَةِ فَإِنَّهُ عَلَى نَحْوِ هَذَا فَمَا سُئِلْتَ عَنْهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَانْسِبِ الْمُتَوَفَّى وَانْسِبْ مَنْ تَنَازَعَ فِي الْوَلَايَةِ مِنْ عَصَبَتِهِ فَإِنْ وَجَدْتَ أَحَدًا مِنْهُمْ يَلْقَى الْمُتَوَفَّى إِلَى أَبٍ لَا يَلْقَاهُ مَنْ سِوَاهُ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا إِلَى أَبٍ فَوْقَ ذَلِكَ فَاجْعَلِ الْمِيرَاثَ لِلَّذِي يَلْقَاهُ إِلَى الْأَبِ الْأَدْنَى دُونَ الْآخَرِينَ وَإِذَا وَجَدْتَهُمْ كُلَّهُمْ يَلْقَوْنَهُ إِلَى أَبٍ وَاحِدٍ يَجْمَعُهُمْ فَانْظُرْ أَقْعَدَهُمْ فِي النَّسَبِ فَإِنْ كَانَ ابْنُ ابْنٍ فَقَطْ فَاجْعَلِ الْمِيرَاثَ لَهُ دُونَ الْأَطْرَفِ فَإِنْ كَانَ الْأَطْرَافُ ابْنَ أُمٍّ وَأَبٍ فَإِنْ وَجَدْتَهُمْ مُسْتَوِينَ يَتَنَاسَبُونَ فِي عَدَدِ الْآبَاءِ إِلَى عَدَدٍ وَاحِدٍ حَتَّى يَلْقَوْا نَسَبَ الْمُتَوَفَّى وَكَانُوا كُلُّهُمْ بَنِي أَبٍ أَوْ بَنِي أَبٍ وَأُمٍّ فَاجْعَلِ الْمِيرَاثَ بَيْنَهُمْ بِالسَّوَاءِ وَإِنْ كَانَ وَالِدُ بَعْضِهِمْ أَخَا وَالِدِ ذَلِكَ الْمُتَوَفَّى لِأَبِيهِ وَأُمِّهِ وَكَانَ وَالِدُ مَنْ سِوَاهُ إِنَّمَا هُوَ أَخُو وَالِدِ ذَلِكَ الْمُتَوَفَّى لِأَبِيهِ فَقَطْ فَإِنَّ الْمِيرَاثَ لِبَنِي الْأَبِ وَالْأُمِّ دُونَ بَنِي الْأَبِ وَالْجَدُّ أَبُو الْأَبِ أَوْلَى مِنِ ابْنِ الْأَخِ لِلْأَبِ وَالْأُمِّ وَأَوْلَى مِنَ الْعَمِّ أَخِي الْأَبِ لِلْأُمِّ وَالْأَبِ
[Machine] A man wrote their story in a newspaper and then brought it to him, so he read it and said, "Yes, I understand. Ad-Dhahak bin Qays told me that Umar bin Al-Khattab decided concerning the people of Amwas, that if they are from the father's side, then the maternal uncles have the right to the wealth. But if one of them is closest to them in terms of a father, then he has the right to the wealth."
رَجُلٌ فَكَتَبَ قِصَّتَهُمْ فِي صَحِيفَةٍ ثُمَّ جَاءَ بِهَا إِلَيْهِ فَقَرَأَهَا فَقَالَ نَعَمْ قَدْ فَهِمْتُ حَدَّثَنِي الضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ قَضَى فِي أَهْلِ طَاعُونَ عَمْوَاسٍ أَنَّهُمْ إِذَا كَانُوا مِنْ قِبَلِ الْأَبِ سَوَاءً فَبَنُو الْأُمِّ أَحَقُّ بِالْمَالِ فَإِنْ كَانَ أَحَدُهُمْ أَقْرَبَهُمْ بِأَبٍ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِالْمَالِ
The Prophet ﷺ ruled that debts must be paid before carrying out bequests, and you recite the words, “after payment of legacies he (or she) may have bequeathed or debts” [an-Nisaʿ 4:12]. Brothers from the same mother and father inherit from one another, but brothers from different mothers do not. (Using translation from Aḥmad 1091)
قَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالدَّيْنِ قَبْلَ الْوَصِيَّةِ وَأَنْتُمْ تَقْرَءُونَ {مِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوصَى بِهَا أَوْ دَيْنٍ} [النساء 12] وَإِنَّ أَعْيَانَ بَنِي الْأُمِّ يَتَوَارَثُونَ دُونَ بَنِي الْعَلَّاتِ الْإِخْوَةُ وَالْأَخَوَاتُ لِلْأَبِ وَالْأُمِّ دُونَ الْإِخْوَةِ وَالْأَخَوَاتِ لِلْأَبِ