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hakim:7967 – ʿAbdullāh b. Isḥāq al-Khurāsānī al-ʿAdl> Yaḥyá b. Jaʿfar b. al-Zibriqān > Abū Dāwud al-Ḥafarī > Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq > al-Ḥārith > ʿAlī

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has commanded to settle debts before making a will, and you are reading it (the verse) after making a will or settling a debt" (Quran: Surah An-Nisa, 12). And it is known that the relatives of the mother inherit separate from the relatives of the father, and the siblings from the mother have a closer relationship than the siblings from the father."  

الحاكم:٧٩٦٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْخُرَاسَانِيُّ الْعَدْلُ بِبَغْدَادَ ثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزِّبْرِقَانِ ثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الْحَفَرِيُّ ثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

«قَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالدَّيْنِ قَبْلَ الْوَصِيَّةِ» وَأَنْتُمْ تَقْرَأُونَهَا {مِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوصَى بِهَا أَوْ دَيْنٍ} [النساء 12] وَأَنَّ أَعْيَانَ بَنِي الْأُمِّ يَتَوَارَثُونَ دُونَ بَنِي الْعَلَّاتِ وَالْإِخْوَةُ مِنَ الْأُمِّ وَالْإِخْوَةُ مِنَ الْأَبِ وَالْأُمِّ أَقْرَبُ مِنَ الْإِخْوَةِ مِنَ الْأَبِ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ رَوَاهُ النَّاسُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ وَالْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ لِذَلِكَ لَمْ يُخْرِجُهُ الشَّيْخَانِ وَقَدْ صَحَّتْ هَذِهِ الْفَتْوَى عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص

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ibnmajah:2715 – ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq > al-Ḥārith > ʿAlī

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled that the debts should be paid off before the execution of the will. You recite: '(The distribution in all cases is) after the payment of legacies he may have bequeathed or debts.' The sons of one mother (from the same father) inherit from one another, but not the sons from different mothers (but the same father).”  

ابن ماجة:٢٧١٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

قَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالدَّيْنِ قَبْلَ الْوَصِيَّةِ وَأَنْتُمْ تَقْرَءُونَهَا {مِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوصِي بِهَا أَوْ دَيْنٍ } وَإِنَّ أَعْيَانَ بَنِي الأُمِّ لَيَتَوَارَثُونَ دُونَ بَنِي الْعَلاَّتِ  

ahmad:1222 – Yazīd > Zakariyyā > Abū Isḥāq > al-Ḥārith > ʿAlī

You recite: ʿafter the payment of legacies he may have bequeathed or debtsʿ [an-Nisaʿ 4:12]. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled that debts must be paid before carrying out bequests, [And he ruled] that sons from the same father and mother inherit from one another, but sons from different mothers (but the same father) do not. A man inherits from his brother through his father and mother but not from his brother through his father only.  

أحمد:١٢٢٢ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا زَكَرِيَّا عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

إِنَّكُمْ تَقْرَءُونَ مِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوصَى بِهَا أَوْ دَيْنٍ وَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَضَى بِالدَّيْنِ قَبْلَ الْوَصِيَّةِ وَأَنَّ أَعْيَانَ بَنِي الْأُمِّ يَتَوَارَثُونَ دُونَ بَنِي الْعَلاتِ يَرِثُ الرَّجُلُ أَخَاهُ لِأَبِيهِ وَأُمِّهِ دُونَ أَخِيهِ لِأَبِيهِ  

ahmad:1091 – Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq > al-Ḥārith > ʿAlī

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.  

أحمد:١٠٩١ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

قَضَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِالدَّيْنِ قَبْلَ الْوَصِيَّةِ وَأَنْتُمْ تَقْرَءُونَ {مِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوصَى بِهَا أَوْ دَيْنٍ} [النساء 12] وَإِنَّ أَعْيَانَ بَنِي الْأُمِّ يَتَوَارَثُونَ دُونَ بَنِي الْعَلاتِ  

bayhaqi:12562 – Abū Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Abū Saʿīd b. al-Aʿrābī > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad al-Zaʿfarānī > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Zakariyyā > Abū Isḥāq > al-Ḥārith > ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib

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)   

البيهقي:١٢٥٦٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أنا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أنا زَكَرِيَّا عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ قَالَ

إِنَّكُمْ تَقْرَءُونَ {مِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوصَى بِهَا أَوْ دَيْنٍ} [النساء 12] وَإِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ قَضَى بِالدَّيْنِ قَبْلَ الْوَصِيَّةِ وَإِنَّ أَعْيَانَ بَنِي الْأُمِّ يَتَوَارَثُونَ دُونَ بَنِي الْعَلَّاتِ  

bayhaqi:12328 – Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar b. Aḥmad b. Shawdhab al-Muqriʾ Biwāsiṭ > Shuʿayb b. Ayyūb > Muʿāwiyah b. Hishām > Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq > al-Ḥārith > ʿAlī

You recite: ʿafter the payment of legacies he may have bequeathed or debtsʿ [an-Nisaʿ 4:12]. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled that debts must be paid before carrying out bequests, [And he ruled] that sons from the same father and mother inherit from one another, but sons from different mothers (but the same father) do not. A man inherits from his brother through his father and mother but not from his brother through his father only. (Using translation from Aḥmad 1222)   

البيهقي:١٢٣٢٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ شَوْذَبٍ الْمُقْرِئُ بِوَاسِطَ ثنا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

قَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّ الدَّيْنَ قَبْلَ الْوَصِيَّةِ وَأَنْتُمْ تَقْرَءُونَهَا {مِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوصَى بِهَا أَوْ دَيْنٍ} [النساء 12] وإِنَّ أَعْيَانَ بَنِي الْأُمِّ يَتَوَارَثُونَ دُونَ بَنِي الْعَلَّاتِ يَرِثُ الرَّجُلُ أَخَاهُ لِأَبِيهِ وَأُمِّهِ دُونَ إِخْوَتِهِ لِأَبِيهِ  

bayhaqi:12375 – Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. al-Ḥasan al-Qāḍī > Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Duḥaym > Aḥmad b. Ḥāzim b. Abū Gharazah > Qabīṣah > Sufyān al-Thawrī > Abū Isḥāq > al-Ḥārith > ʿAlī

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)   

البيهقي:١٢٣٧٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي أنا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ دُحَيْمٍ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَازِمِ بْنِ أَبِي غَرَزَةَ أنا قَبِيصَةُ ثنا سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ قَالَ

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