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bukhari:6732Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Wuhayb > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Give the Fara'id (the shares of the inheritance that are prescribed in the Qur'an) to those who are entitled to receive it. Then whatever remains, should be given to the closest male relative of the deceased."  

البخاري:٦٧٣٢حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَلْحِقُوا الْفَرَائِضَ بِأَهْلِهَا فَمَا بَقِيَ فَهْوَ لأَوْلَى رَجُلٍ ذَكَرٍ  


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bukhari:6735Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Wuhayb > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Give the Fara'id (shares prescribed in the Qur'an) to those who are entitled to receive it; and whatever remains, should be given to the closest male relative of the deceased.'  

البخاري:٦٧٣٥حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَلْحِقُوا الْفَرَائِضَ بِأَهْلِهَا فَمَا بَقِيَ فَهْوَ لأَوْلَى رَجُلٍ ذَكَرٍ  

bukhari:6737Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Wuhayb > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Give the Fara'id, (the shares prescribed in the Qur'an) to those who are entitled to receive it, and then whatever remains, should be given to the closest male relative of the deceased."  

البخاري:٦٧٣٧حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَلْحِقُوا الْفَرَائِضَ بِأَهْلِهَا فَمَا بَقِيَ فَلأَوْلَى رَجُلٍ ذَكَرٍ  

bukhari:6746Umayyah b. Bisṭām > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Rawḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Give the Fara'id (the shares of the inheritance that are prescribed in the Qur'an) to those who are entitled to receive it; and whatever is left should be given to the closest male relative of the deceased."  

البخاري:٦٧٤٦حَدَّثَنَا أُمَيَّةُ بْنُ بِسْطَامٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ عَنْ رَوْحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَلْحِقُوا الْفَرَائِضَ بِأَهْلِهَا فَمَا تَرَكَتِ الْفَرَائِضُ فَلأَوْلَى رَجُلٍ ذَكَرٍ  

muslim:1615aʿAbd al-Aʿlá b. Ḥammād / al-Narsī > Wuhayb > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

Give the shares to those who are entitled to them, and what remains over goes to the nearest male heir.  

مسلم:١٦١٥aحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ وَهُوَ النَّرْسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَلْحِقُوا الْفَرَائِضَ بِأَهْلِهَا فَمَا بَقِيَ فَهُوَ لأَوْلَى رَجُلٍ ذَكَرٍ  

muslim:1615bUmayyah b. Bisṭām al-ʿAyshī > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Rawḥ b. al-Qāsim > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

Give the shares to those who are entitled to them, and what is left from those wno are entitled to it goes to the nearest male heir.  

مسلم:١٦١٥bحَدَّثَنَا أُمَيَّةُ بْنُ بِسْطَامَ الْعَيْشِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَلْحِقُوا الْفَرَائِضَ بِأَهْلِهَا فَمَا تَرَكَتِ الْفَرَائِضُ فَلأَوْلَى رَجُلٍ ذَكَرٍ  

ahmad:2657ʿAffān > Wuhayb b. Khālid > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Give the Fara'id (the shares of the inheritance that are prescribed in the Qur'an) to those who are entitled to receive it. Then whatever remains, should be given to the closest male relative of the deceased ." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6732)  

أحمد:٢٦٥٧حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ أَلْحِقُوا الْفَرَائِضَ بِأَهْلِهَا فَمَا بَقِيَ فَهُوَ لِأَوْلَى رَجُلٍ ذَكَرٍ  

ahmad:2993Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Wuhayb b. Khālid > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Give the Fara'id (the shares of the inheritance that are prescribed in the Qur'an) to those who are entitled to receive it. Then whatever remains, should be given to the closest male relative of the deceased ." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6732)  

أحمد:٢٩٩٣حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَلْحِقُوا الْفَرَائِضَ بِأَهْلِهَا فَمَا بَقِيَ فَلِأَوْلَى رَجُلٍ ذَكَرٍ  

darimi:3030Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Wuhayb > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Give the Fara'id (the shares of the inheritance that are prescribed in the Qur'an) to those who are entitled to receive it. Then whatever remains, should be given to the closest male relative of the deceased ." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6732)  

الدارمي:٣٠٣٠حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «أَلْحِقُوا الْفَرَائِضَ بِأَهْلِهَا فَمَا بَقِيَ فَهُوَ لِأَوْلَى رَجُلٍ ذَكَرٍ»  

hakim:7973Abū ʿAmr ʿUthmān b. Aḥmad al-Daqqāq> Aḥmad b. Mulāʿib b. Ḥayyān > ʿAlī b. ʿĀṣim > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Allocate the money to its rightful beneficiaries, and whatever remains should go to the next rightful male individual."  

الحاكم:٧٩٧٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَمْرٍو عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الدَّقَّاقُ بِبَغْدَادَ ثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُلَاعِبِ بْنِ حَيَّانَ ثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ

لِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَلْحِقُوا الْمَالَ بِالْفَرَائِضِ فَمَا بَقِيَ فَلِأَوْلَى رَجُلٍ ذَكَرٍ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ فَإِنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ عَاصِمٍ صَدُوقٌ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ «وَقَدْ أَرْسَلَهُ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ وَسُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ وَابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ وَمَعْمَرُ بْنُ رَاشِدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ طَاوُسٍ

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ رَفْعَ هَذَا الْخَبَرِ تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ

ibnhibban:6030al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Abū Maʿmar al-Qaṭīʿī Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Muḥammad b. Ḥumayd al-Maʿmarī > Maʿmar > Ibn Ṭāwūs from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ, he said, "Join wealth with compulsory obligations, for what remains of compulsory obligations is the right of the most deserving individual, whether male or female."  

ابن حبّان:٦٠٣٠أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ الْقَطِيعِيُّ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ الْمَعْمَرِيِّ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُوسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عن النبي ﷺ قَالَ «أَلْحِقُوا الْمَالَ بِالْفَرَائِضِ فَمَا أَبْقَتِ الْفَرَائِضُ فَلأَوْلَى رَجُلٍ ذَكَرٍ»  

tabarani:10903Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. al-Minhāl > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Rawḥ b. al-Qāsim > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: "Connect the obligatory actions with the Book of Allah, and whatever I have not mentioned, refer to the person who is most knowledgeable."  

الطبراني:١٠٩٠٣حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ ثنا رَوْحُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَلْحِقُوا الْفَرَائِضَ بِكِتَابِ اللهِ فَمَا تَرَكْتُ فَلِأَوْلَى رَجُلٍ ذَكَرٍ»  

tabarani:10904ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar al-Ḍabbī > Sahl b. Bakkār > Wuhayb > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Give the Fara'id (the shares of the inheritance that are prescribed in the Qur'an) to those who are entitled to receive it. Then whatever remains, should be given to the closest male relative of the deceased ." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6732)  

الطبراني:١٠٩٠٤حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الضَّبِّيُّ ثنا سَهْلُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ ثنا وُهَيْبٌ عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «أَلْحِقُوا الْفَرَائِضَ بِأَهْلِهَا فَمَا بَقِي فَلِأَوْلَى رَجُلٍ ذَكَرٍ»  

nasai-kubra:6297Muḥammad b. Maʿmar al-Baḥrānī > Ḥabbān / Ibn Hilāl > Wuhayb / Ibn Khālid > Ibn Ṭāwus > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Give the Fara'id (the shares of the inheritance that are prescribed in the Qur'an) to those who are entitled to receive it. Then whatever remains, should be given to the closest male relative of the deceased ." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6732)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٢٩٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْمَرٍ الْبَحْرَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَبَّانُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ هِلَالٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «أَلْحِقُوا الْفَرَائِضَ بِأَهْلِهَا فَمَا بَقِيَ فَهُوَ لِأَوْلَى رَجُلٍ ذَكَرٍ»  

suyuti:4173a

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Give the Fara'id (the shares of the inheritance that are prescribed in the Qur'an) to those who are entitled to receive it. Then whatever remains, should be given to the closest male relative of the deceased ." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6732)   

السيوطي:٤١٧٣a

"أَلْحِقُوا الفَرائِض بأهلها؛ فما بقى فهو لأوْلَى رجلٍ ذكرٍ".  

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