سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الوصاياWills (Kitab Al-Wasaya)
باب مَا جَاءَ فِي وَصِيَّةِ الْحَرْبِيِّ يُسْلِمُ وَلِيُّهُ أَيَلْزَمُهُ أَنْ يُنْفِذَهَاChapter: What Has Been Related About The Will Of A Combatant Disbeliever Who Dies, And His Executor Accepts Islam, Does He Have To Carry Out The Will?
Hadith 2883
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مَزْيَدٍ ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنِي حَسَّانُ بْنُ عَطِيَّةَ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ ، أَنَّ الْعَاصَ بْنَ وَائِلٍ أَوْصَى أَنْ يُعْتِقَ عَنْهُ مِائَةُ رَقَبَةٍ ، فَأَعْتَقَ ابْنُهُ هِشَامٌ خَمْسِينَ رَقَبَةً ، فَأَرَادَ ابْنُهُ عَمْرٌو أَنْ يُعْتِقَ عَنْهُ الْخَمْسِينَ الْبَاقِيَةَ ، فَقَالَ : حَتَّى أَسْأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَبِي أَوْصَى بِعَتْقِ مِائَةِ رَقَبَةٍ ، وَإِنَّ هِشَامًا أَعْتَقَ عَنْهُ خَمْسِينَ وَبَقِيَتْ عَلَيْهِ خَمْسُونَ رَقَبَة ، أَفَأُعْتِقُ عَنْهُ ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " إِنَّهُ لَوْ كَانَ مُسْلِمًا فَأَعْتَقْتُمْ عَنْهُ ، أَوْ تَصَدَّقْتُمْ عَنْهُ ، أَوْ حَجَجْتُمْ عَنْهُ " ، بَلَغَهُ ذَلِكَ .
Narrated Amr bin Suhaib: On his father's authority, said that his grandfather told that al-As ibn Wail left his will that a hundred slaves should be emancipated on his behalf. His son Hisham emancipated fifty slaves and his son Amr intended to emancipate the remaining fifty on his behalf, but he said: I should ask first the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He, therefore, came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: Messenger of Allah, my father left in his will that a hundred slaves should be emancipated on his behalf and Hisham has emancipated fifty on his behalf and fifty remain. Shall I emancipate them on his behalf? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Had he been a Muslim and you had emancipated slaves on his behalf, or given sadaqah on his behalf, or performed the pilgrimage, that would have reached him.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
The benefit of conveying reward (isāl al-thawāb) or a bequest (wasiyyah) is only for a Muslim.
It is not for a disbeliever (kāfir).
From this, it is understood that acting upon the bequest of a disbeliever is not necessary for a Muslim.
And whoever wishes that, after his death, the supplications, charity, and reward from his loved ones continue to reach him, it is necessary that he make his life one of faith (īmān).
The benefit of conveying reward (isāl al-thawāb) or a bequest (wasiyyah) is only for a Muslim.
It is not for a disbeliever (kāfir).
From this, it is understood that acting upon the bequest of a disbeliever is not necessary for a Muslim.
And whoever wishes that, after his death, the supplications, charity, and reward from his loved ones continue to reach him, it is necessary that he make his life one of faith (īmān).
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2883
