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nasai-kubra:6503 – Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyá > ʿAbd al-Jabbār b. al-ʿAlāʾ > Sufyān > Ibn Abū Najīḥ > Ṭāwus Laʿallah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"Abdul-Jabbar bin Al-'Ala' narrated to us, he said: 'Sufyan narrated to us from Ibn Abi Najih, from Tawus, and perhaps it is from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: There is no Ruqba, and whoever gives a gift on the basis of Ruqba, it is part of his estate.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3708)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٥٠٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْجَبَّارِ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ لَعَلَّهُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

لَا رُقْبَى فَمَنْ أُرْقِبَ شَيْئًا فَهُوَ بِسَبِيلِ الْمِيرَاثِ  

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
nasai:3708 – Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyá > ʿAbd al-Jabbār b. al-ʿAlāʾ > Sufyān > Ibn Abū Najīḥ > Ṭāwus Laʿallah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"Abdul-Jabbar bin Al-'Ala' narrated to us, he said: 'Sufyan narrated to us from Ibn Abi Najih, from Tawus, and perhaps it is from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: There is no Ruqba, and whoever gives a gift on the basis of Ruqba, it is part of his estate.'"  

النسائي:٣٧٠٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْجَبَّارِ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ لَعَلَّهُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

لاَ رُقْبَى فَمَنْ أُرْقِبَ شَيْئًا فَهُوَ سَبِيلُ الْمِيرَاثِ  

nasai:3714 – Muḥammad b. Ḥātim > Ḥibbān > ʿAbdullāh > Ḥanẓalah > Ṭāwus

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Ruqba is not permissible. Whoever is given something on the basis of Ruqba, it is part of his estate.'"  

النسائي:٣٧١٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا حِبَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ حَنْظَلَةَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ طَاوُسًا يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ تَحِلُّ الرُّقْبَى فَمَنْ أُرْقِبَ رُقْبَى فَهُوَ سَبِيلُ الْمِيرَاثِ  

nasai:3738 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Ruqba belongs to the one to whom it is given.'"  

النسائي:٣٧٣٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الرُّقْبَى لِمَنْ أُرْقِبَهَا  

ahmad:21650 – Ibrāhīm b. Khālid > Rabāḥ > ʿUmar b. Ḥabīb > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ḥujr al-Madarī > Zayd b. Thābit

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Ruqba is not permissible. Whoever is given something on the basis of Ruqba, it is part of his estate.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3714)   

أحمد:٢١٦٥٠ – حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا رَبَاحٌ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ حُجْرٍ الْمَدَرِيِّ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تُرْقِبُوا فَمَنْ أَرْقَبَ فَسَبِيلُ الْمِيرَاثِ  

tabarani:4949 – ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father > Ibrāhīm b. Khālid > Rabāḥ b. Zayd > ʿUmar b. Ḥabīb > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ḥujr al-Madarī > Zayd b. Thābit

"Abdul-Jabbar bin Al-'Ala' narrated to us, he said: 'Sufyan narrated to us from Ibn Abi Najih, from Tawus, and perhaps it is from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: There is no Ruqba, and whoever gives a gift on the basis of Ruqba, it is part of his estate.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3708)   

الطبراني:٤٩٤٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ ثنا أَبِي ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنْ رَبَاحِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ حُجْرِ الْمَدَرِيِّ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تُرْقِبُوا فَمَنْ أَرْقَبُ شَيْئًا فَسَبِيلُ الْمِيرَاثِ»  

nasai-kubra:6509 – Muḥammad b. Ḥātim > Ḥibbān > ʿAbdullāh > Ḥanẓalah > Ṭāwus

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Ruqba is not permissible. Whoever is given something on the basis of Ruqba, it is part of his estate.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3714)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٥٠٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا حِبَّانُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ عَنْ حَنْظَلَةَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ طَاوُسًا يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تَحِلُّ الرُّقْبَى فَمَنْ أَرْقَبَ رُقْبَى فَهُوَ بِسَبِيلِ مِيرَاثٍ»  

bayhaqi:11987 – [Chain 1] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Aḥmad b. Shaybān > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah [Chain 2] Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf Imlāʾ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān > al-Shāfiʿī > Ibn ʿUyaynah > Ibn Jurayj > ʿAṭāʾ > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ said: Do not give property to go to the survivor and do not give life-tenancy. If anyone is given something to the survivor or given life-tenancy, it goes to his heirs. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3556)   

البيهقي:١١٩٨٧ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ شَيْبَانَ ثنا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ إِمْلَاءً ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنبأ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ أنبأ الشَّافِعِيُّ أنبأ ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَا تُعْمِرُوا وَلَا تُرْقِبُوا فَمَنْ أُعْمِرَ شَيْئًا أَوْ أُرْقِبَهُ فَهُوَ سَبِيلُ الْمِيرَاثِ