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Musnad Ahmad 58 (Book 1, Hadith 55) #33753
Inheritance of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

SUMMARY: The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) did not leave any inheritance for his family, and whatever he left behind was charity. Abu Bakr followed the Prophet's example and refused to give Fatimah and al-'Abbas their inheritance from the Messenger of Allah (PBUH).

It was narrated from 'A'ishah that Fatimah and al-'Abbas came to Abu Bakr, seeking their inheritance from the Messenger of Allah . At that time they were seeking his land in Fadak and his share of Khaibar. Abu Bakr said to them: I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'We (Prophets) are not to be inherited from and whatever we leave behind is charity. Rather the family of Muhammad; may take their provision from this wealth'. By Allah, I will not leave anything that I saw the Messenger of Allah do with it but I will do it too.
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا أَنَّ فَاطِمَةَ، وَالْعَبَّاسَ أَتَيَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ يَلْتَمِسَانِ مِيرَاثَهُمَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَهُمَا حِينَئِذٍ يَطْلُبَانِ أَرْضَهُ مِنْ فَدَكَ وَسَهْمَهُ مِنْ خَيْبَرَ فَقَالَ لَهُمَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ لَا نُورَثُ مَا تَرَكْنَا صَدَقَةٌ وَإِنَّمَا يَأْكُلُ آلُ مُحَمَّدٍ فِي هَذَا الْمَالِ وَإِنِّي وَاللَّهِ لَا أَدَعُ أَمْرًا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَصْنَعُهُ فِيهِ إِلَّا صَنَعْتُهُ‏.‏

TOPICS
inheritance  *  charity  *  provision  *  mawlidun  *  fadak  *  khaibar  *  muhammad

QUICK LESSONS:
Be generous with your wealth , Follow in footsteps of beloved prophet .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about how the Prophet Muhammad's family should not expect an inheritance from him. According to this hadith, whatever he left behind was charity, so his family could take their provision from it. Abu Bakr followed this example by refusing to give Fatimah and al-'Abbas their inheritance from the Messenger of Allah. This teaches us that we should be generous with our wealth and use it for charitable purposes instead of leaving it as an inheritance for our families. We can also learn that we should follow in the footsteps of our beloved prophet by being generous with our wealth and using it to help those in need.

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