On his father's authority, said that his grandfather reported: Rabab ibn Hudhayfah married a woman and three sons were born to him from her. Their mother then died. They inherited her houses and had the right of inheritance of her freed slaves. Amr ibn al-'As was the agnate of her sons. He sent them to Syria where they died. Amr ibn al-'As then came. A freed slave of hers died and left some property. Her brothers disputed with him and brought the case to Umar ibn al-Khattab. Umar reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Whatever property a son or a father receives as an heir will go to his agnates, whoever they may be. He then wrote a document for him, witnessed by AbdurRahman ibn Awf, Zayd ibn Thabit and one other person. When AbdulMalik became caliph, they presented the case to Hisham ibn Isma'il or Isma'il ibn Hisham (the narrator is doubtful). He sent them to 'Abd al-Malik who said: This is the decision which I have already seen. The narrator said: So he ('Abd al-Malik) made the decision on the basis of the document of Umar ibn al-Khattab, and that is still with us till this moment.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا أَحْرَزَ الْوَلَدُ أَوِ الْوَالِدُ فَهُوَ لِعَصَبَتِهِ مَنْ كَانَ قَالَ فَكَتَبَ لَهُ كِتَابًا فِيهِ شَهَادَةُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ وَزَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ وَرَجُلٍ آخَرَ فَلَمَّا اسْتُخْلِفَ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ اخْتَصَمُوا إِلَى هِشَامِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ أَوْ إِلَى إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ هِشَامٍ فَرَفَعَهُمْ إِلَى عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ فَقَالَ هَذَا مِنَ الْقَضَاءِ الَّذِي مَا كُنْتُ أَرَاهُ قَالَ فَقَضَى لَنَا بِكِتَابِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ فَنَحْنُ فِيهِ إِلَى السَّاعَةِ  

[Machine] "The child does not belong to the father or the mother, rather it is attributed to its lineage. Whoever says, 'I have written a book for him in which there is the testimony of Abdur-Rahman ibn Auf and Zaid ibn Thabit,' and another man, when Abd al-Malik was appointed as a ruler, they disputed whether it should be referred to Hisham ibn Isma'il or Isma'il ibn Hisham. They raised the matter to Abd al-Malik and he said, 'This is from the legal judgment that I did not see.' He ruled for us according to the book of Umar ibn al-Khattab, and we have been following it until now.' The Sheikh, may Allah have mercy on him, said this in this narration, and we have also narrated from Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib, from Umar ibn al-Khattab, and Uthman ibn Affan, for they said that the allegiance goes to the elder and the narrator from Ibn al-Musayyib, from Umar is more authentic than the narration of Amr ibn Shuayb. As for the hadith that is mentioned, it does not contain the statement of the Prophet ﷺ regarding allegiance."  

ﷺ مَا أَحْرَزَ الْوَلَدُ أَوِ الْوَالِدُ فَهُوَ لِعَصَبَتِهِ مَنْ كَانَ قَالَ فَكَتَبْتُ لَهُ كِتَابًا فِيهِ شَهَادَةُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ وَزَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ ؓ وَرَجُلٍ آخَرَ فَلَمَّا اسْتُخْلِفَ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ اخْتَصَمُوا إِلَى هِشَامِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ أَوْ إِلَى إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ هِشَامٍ فَرَفَعَهُمْ إِلَى عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ فَقَالَ هَذَا مِنَ الْقَضَاءِ الَّذِي مَا كُنْتُ أَرَاهُ قَالَ فَقَضَى لَنَا بِكِتَابِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ فَنَحْنُ فِيهِ إِلَى السَّاعَةِ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ كَذَا فِي هَذِهِ الرِّوَايَةِ وَقَدْ رُوِّينَا عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ وَعُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ ؓ فَإِنَّهُمَا قَالَا الْوَلَاءُ لِلْكُبْرِ وَمُرْسَلُ ابْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ عُمَرَ ؓ أَصَحُّ مِنْ رِوَايَةِ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ وَأَمَّا الْحَدِيثُ الْمَرْفُوعُ فِيهِ فَلَيْسَ فِيهِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ ذَلِكَ فِي الْوَلَاءِ