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bayhaqi:21643Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās > Yaḥyá > Yazīd > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > al-Shaʿbī > Zayd b. Thābit > al-Mukātab ʿAbd Mā Baqī ʿAlayh Dirham

[Machine] To lead him to his followers, meaning if the leader dies, what remains of his leadership and what remains will be inherited by his successors. Shurayh then said, he will decide on this matter according to the judgement of Abdullah.  

البيهقي:٢١٦٤٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ ثنا يَحْيَى أنبأ يَزِيدُ أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ الْمُكَاتَبُ عَبْدٌ مَا بَقِيَ عَلَيْهِ دِرْهَمٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ يَعْنِي الشَّعْبِيَّ إِنَّ شُرَيْحًا كَانَ يَقْضِي فِيهَا

أَنْ يُؤَدِّيَ إِلَى مَوَالِيهِ يَعْنِي إِذَا مَاتَ الْمُكَاتَبُ مَا بَقِيَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ مُكَاتَبَتِهِ وَمَا بَقِيَ فَلِوَرَثَتِهِ فَقَالَ شُرَيْحٌ يَقْضِي فِيهَا بِقَضَاءِ عَبْدِ اللهِ