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ibnmajah:2740al-ʿAbbās b. ʿAbd al-ʿAẓīm al-ʿAnbarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Distribute wealth among those who are entitled to shares of inheritance, according to the Book of Allah, then whatever is left over goes to the nearest male relative.’”  

ابن ماجة:٢٧٤٠حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَظِيمِ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَنْبَأَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اقْسِمُوا الْمَالَ بَيْنَ أَهْلِ الْفَرَائِضِ عَلَى كِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَمَا تَرَكَتِ الْفَرَائِضُ فَلأَوْلَى رَجُلٍ ذَكَرٍ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
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: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  

muslim:1615cIsḥāq b. Ibrāhīm And Muḥammad b. Rāfiʿ Waʿabd b. Ḥumayd Wa-al-Lafẓ Ibn Rāfiʿ > Isḥāq > al-Ākharān > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

Distribute the property amongst Ahl al-Fara'id, according to the Book of Allah, and what is left out of them goes to the nearest male heir.  

مسلم:١٦١٥cحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ وَعَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لاِبْنِ رَافِعٍ قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ حَدَّثَنَا وَقَالَ الآخَرَانِ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اقْسِمُوا الْمَالَ بَيْنَ أَهْلِ الْفَرَائِضِ عَلَى كِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَمَا تَرَكَتِ الْفَرَائِضُ فَلأَوْلَى رَجُلٍ ذَكَرٍ  

abudawud:2898Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ And Makhlad b. Khālid Wahadhā Ḥadīth Makhlad Wahū al-Ashbaʿ > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said: Divide the property among those whose share have been prescribed in the Book of Allah, and what remains from the prescribed shares goes to the nearest male heirs.  

أبو داود:٢٨٩٨حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ وَمَخْلَدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ وَهَذَا حَدِيثُ مَخْلَدٍ وَهُوَ الأَشْبَعُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اقْسِمِ الْمَالَ بَيْنَ أَهْلِ الْفَرَائِضِ عَلَى كِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَمَا تَرَكَتِ الْفَرَائِضُ فَلأَوْلَى ذَكَرٍ  

ahmad:2860ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said: Divide the property among those whose share have been prescribed in the Book of Allah, and what remains from the prescribed shares goes to the nearest male heirs. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2898)  

أحمد:٢٨٦٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اقْسِمُوا الْمَالَ بَيْنَ أَهْلِ الْفَرَائِضِ عَلَى كِتَابِ اللهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى فَمَا تَرَكَتِ الْفَرَائِضُ فَلِأَوْلَى ذَكَرٍ  

ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ لِأَصْحَابِ السِّهَامِ فَرِيضَتَهُمْ، وَإِعْطَاءِ الْعَصَبَةِ بَاقِي الْمَالِ بَعْدَهُ

ibnhibban:6028Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. al-Minhāl al-Ḍarīr > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Rawḥ b. al-Qāsim > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] About the Prophetﷺ he said: "Keep your wealth joined with the obligatory acts, for whatever is not fulfilled of the obligatory acts should belong to the closest male relative."  

ابن حبّان:٦٠٢٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ الضَّرِيرُ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «أَلْحِقُوا الْمَالَ بِ الْفَرَائِضِ فَمَا تَرَكَتِ الْفَرَائِضُ فَلِأَوْلَى رَجُلٍ ذَكَرٍ»  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ هَذَا الْخَبَرَ تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ رَوْحُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ، وَوهَيْبُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ

ibnhibban:6029ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allocate the wealth according to the obligatory shares (Islamic inheritance). Whatever remains after fulfilling the obligatory shares should be given to the closest male relative."  

ابن حبّان:٦٠٢٩أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَلْحِقُوا الْمَالَ بِالْفَرَائِضِ فَمَا أَبْقَتِ الْفَرَائِضُ فَلِأَوْلَى رَجُلٍ ذَكَرٍ»  

tabarani:10902Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said: Divide the property among those whose share have been prescribed in the Book of Allah, and what remains from the prescribed shares goes to the nearest male heirs. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2898)  

الطبراني:١٠٩٠٢حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اقْسِمِ الْمَالَ بَيْنِ أَهْلِ الْفَرَائِضِ عَلَى كِتَابِ اللهِ فَمَا تَرَكَتِ الْفَرَائِضُ فَلِأَوْلَى 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»  

bayhaqi:12376[Chain 1] Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd al-Ṣaffār > Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. al-Minhāl > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ [Chain 2] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. Sakhtawayh And ʾAbū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. ʿĪsá Waʾabū Bakr Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm > Umayyah b. Bisṭām > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Rawḥ b. al-Qāsim > 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." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6746)   

البيهقي:١٢٣٧٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَخْتَوَيْهِ وَأَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عِيسَى وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالُوا ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا أُمَيَّةُ بْنُ بِسْطَامٍ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ ثنا رَوْحُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَلْحِقُوا الْفَرَائِضَ بِأَهْلِهَا فَمَا تَرَكَتِ الْفَرَائِضُ فَلِأَوْلَى رَجُلٍ ذَكَرٍ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أُمَيَّةَ بْنِ بِسْطَامٍ
suyuti:3966a

The Prophet ﷺ said: Divide the property among those whose share have been prescribed in the Book of Allah, and what remains from the prescribed shares goes to the nearest male heirs. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2898)   

السيوطي:٣٩٦٦a

"اقْسِمُوا المال بينَ أهلِ الفَرَائِضِ عَلَى كلتابِ الله، فما تَرَكَتِ الفرائضُ فَلا أوْلَى رَجُل ذَكَر ".  

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