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Sahih al-Bukhari 2759 (Book 55, Hadith 22) #2638
Distributing Inheritance with Kindness

SUMMARY: The hadith is about the importance of inheritance and how it should be distributed among relatives, orphans and the needy.

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: Some people claim that the order in the above Verse is cancelled, by Allah, it is not cancelled, but the people have stopped acting on it. There are two kinds of guardians (who are in charge of the inheritance): One is that who inherits; such a person should give (of what he inherits to the relatives, the orphans and the needy, etc), the other is that who does not inherit (eg the guardian of the orphans): such a person should speak kindly and say (to those who are present at the time of distribution), "I can not give it to you (as the wealth belongs to the orphans).
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ إِنَّ نَاسًا يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ نُسِخَتْ، وَلاَ وَاللَّهِ مَا نُسِخَتْ، وَلَكِنَّهَا مِمَّا تَهَاوَنَ النَّاسُ، هُمَا وَالِيَانِ وَالٍ يَرِثُ، وَذَاكَ الَّذِي يَرْزُقُ، وَوَالٍ لاَ يَرِثُ، فَذَاكَ الَّذِي يَقُولُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ، يَقُولُ لاَ أَمْلِكُ لَكَ أَنْ أُعْطِيَكَ‏.‏

TOPICS
inheritance  *  distribution  *  kindness  *  mawaris  *  yatawallu

QUICK LESSONS:
Be generous with your wealth by giving away what you have inherited or earned rightfully to those in need.

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith talks about the importance of inheritance and how it should be distributed among relatives, orphans and the needy. It is narrated by Ibn 'Abbas that some people claim that the order in this verse is cancelled but Allah has not cancelled it, rather people have stopped acting on it. There are two kinds of guardians who are in charge of distributing inheritance; one who inherits should give to those who are entitled to receive from him such as relatives, orphans and the needy etc., while another kind of guardian who does not inherit should speak kindly when distributing wealth belonging to others such as orphans. This hadith teaches us to be generous with our wealth by giving away what we have inherited or earned rightfully to those in need while also being kind when speaking with them.

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