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Sunan Abu Dawud — Hadith 2918

حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ الرَّمْلِيُّ ، وهِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد وَهُوَ ابْنُ حَمْزَةَ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَوْهَبٍ ، يُحَدِّثُ عُمَرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ، عَنْ قَبِيصَةَ بْنِ ذُؤَيْبٍ ، قَالَ هِشَامٌ ، عَنْ تَمِيمٍ الدَّارِيِّ ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، وَقَالَ يَزِيدُ: إِنَّ تَمِيمًا قَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا السُّنَّةُ فِي الرَّجُلِ يُسْلِمُ عَلَى يَدَيِ الرَّجُلِ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ؟ قَالَ : " هُوَ أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِمَحْيَاهُ وَمَمَاتِهِ " .
Narrated Tamim ad-Dari: Tamim asked: Messenger of Allah), what is the sunnah about a man who accepts Islam by advice and persuasion of a Muslim? He replied: He is the nearest to him in life and in death.
Hadith Reference سنن ابي داود / كتاب الفرائض / 2918
Hadith Grading الألبانی: حسن صحيح  |  زبیر علی زئی: إسناده حسن, أخرجه الترمذي (2112) وابن ماجه (2752) ولم أر لمضعفه حجة قوية
Hadith Takhrij « سنن الترمذی/الفرائض 20 (2112)، سنن ابن ماجہ/الفرائض 18 (2752)، (تحفة الأشراف: 2052)، وقد أخرجہ: مسند احمد (4/102، 103)، سنن الدارمی/الفرائض 34 (3076) (حسن صحیح) »
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Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:

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This is also a form of wala’ (loyalty) that a non-Muslim accepts Islam at the hands of a Muslim.
The other relatives of this new Muslim, being non-Muslim, cannot be his heirs; therefore, the one who brought him to Islam will be his heir.

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If the new Muslim has other Muslim heirs, then they will inherit his estate. However, if those heirs are entitled to fixed shares (ashab al-furud) and he has no Muslim agnatic (asaba) relatives, then the one who brought him to Islam will become his agnatic heir and inherit from him.
And Allah knows best.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 2752