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Sunan Ibn Majah 2732 (Book 23, Hadith 14) #32086
Inheritance Rights for Asabah

SUMMARY: The hadith is about a dispute between Banu Mamar and 'Amr bin 'As concerning the Wala of their sister Umm Wail. It was resolved by the ruling of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) that what a son or father acquires goes to his 'Asabah, no matter who they are.

It was narrated from 'Amr bin Shu’aib, from his father, that his grandfather said: "Rabab bin Hudhaifah (bin Sa’eed) bin Sahm married Umm Wa’il bint Ma’mar Al-Jumahiyyah, and she bore him three sons. Their mother died and her sons inherited her houses and the Wala’ of her freed slaves'.Amr bin 'As took them out to Sham, and they died of the plague of Amwas'.Amr inherited from them, and he was their 'Asabah.* When 'Amr came back, Banu Ma’mar came to him and they referred their dispute with him concerning the Wala’ of their sister to 'Umar'.Umar said: 'I will judge between you according to what I heard from the Messenger of Allah . I heard him say: "What the son or father acquires goes to his'.Asabah, no matter who they are.’" So he ruled in our favour and wrote a document to that effect, in which was the testimony of 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Awf, Zaid bin Thabit and someone else. Then when 'Abdul-Malik bin Marwan was appointed caliph, a freed slave of hers (Umm Wa’il’s) died, leaving behind two thousand Dinar. I heard that that ruling had been changed, so they referred the dispute to Hisham bin Isma’il. We referred the matter to 'Abdul-Malik, and brought him the document of 'Umar. He said: 'I thought that this was a ruling concerning which there was no doubt. I never thought that the people of Al-Madinah would reach such a state that they would doubt this ruling. So he ruled in our favour, and it remained like that afterwards".
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ الْمُعَلِّمُ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، قَالَ تَزَوَّجَ رِئَابُ بْنُ حُذَيْفَةَ بْنِ سُعَيْدِ بْنِ سَهْمٍ أُمَّ وَائِلٍ بِنْتَ مَعْمَرٍ الْجُمَحِيَّةَ فَوَلَدَتْ لَهُ ثَلاَثَةً فَتُوُفِّيَتْ أُمُّهُمْ فَوَرِثَهَا بَنُوهَا رِبَاعًا وَوَلاَءَ مَوَالِيهَا فَخَرَجَ بِهِمْ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ مَعَهُ إِلَى الشَّامِ فَمَاتُوا فِي طَاعُونِ عَمْوَاسَ فَوَرِثَهُمْ عَمْرٌو وَكَانَ عَصَبَتَهُمْ فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ جَاءَ بَنُو مَعْمَرٍ يُخَاصِمُونَهُ فِي وَلاَءِ أُخْتِهِمْ إِلَى عُمَرَ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ أَقْضِي بَيْنَكُمْ بِمَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ ‏ "‏ مَا أَحْرَزَ الْوَلَدُ أَوِ الْوَالِدُ فَهُوَ لِعَصَبَتِهِ مَنْ كَانَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَقَضَى لَنَا بِهِ وَكَتَبَ لَنَا بِهِ كِتَابًا فِيهِ شَهَادَةُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ وَزَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ وَآخَرَ حَتَّى إِذَا اسْتُخْلِفَ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ مَرْوَانَ تُوُفِّيَ مَوْلًى لَهَا وَتَرَكَ أَلْفَىْ دِينَارٍ فَبَلَغَنِي أَنَّ ذَلِكَ الْقَضَاءَ قَدْ غُيِّرَ فَخَاصَمُوهُ إِلَى هِشَامِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ فَرَفَعَنَا إِلَى عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ فَأَتَيْنَاهُ بِكِتَابِ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ إِنْ كُنْتُ لأَرَى أَنَّ هَذَا مِنَ الْقَضَاءِ الَّذِي لاَ يُشَكُّ فِيهِ وَمَا كُنْتُ أَرَى أَنَّ أَمْرَ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ بَلَغَ هَذَا أَنْ يَشُكُّوا فِي هَذَا الْقَضَاءِ ‏.‏ فَقَضَى لَنَا بِهِ فَلَمْ نَزَلْ فِيهِ بَعْدُ

TOPICS
dinar  *  inheritance  *  dispute  *  ruling  *  mawali  *  wali  *  sahm  *  jumahiyeh  *  amwas  *  asaba  *  asabah

QUICK LESSONS:
Respect family ties and follow rulings given by Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith discusses the rights of inheritance for those who are considered as ‘asaba’ in Islamic law. An ‘asaba’ is someone who is related to an individual through either their father or son. In this case, Rabab bin Hudhaifah married Umm Wail bint Mamar Al-Jumahiyeh and she bore him three sons. When she passed away her sons inherited her houses and the wala of her freed slaves but they died before they could claim it due to a plague in Sham. Therefore, ‘Amr bin ‘As took possession of it instead as he was their ‘asaba’ according to Islamic law which states that what a son or father acquires goes to his asaba no matter who they are. This ruling was confirmed by Prophet Muhammad ﷺ himself when Banu Mamar referred their dispute with him concerning the wala of their sister to Umar ibn al-Khattaab ﷺ . Later on when Abdul Malik ibn Marwan became caliph another dispute arose regarding two thousand dinars left behind by one of Umm Wails freed slaves which were also ruled in favour of Banu Mamar due to this same ruling given by Prophet Muhammad ﷺ .

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