Hadith 2752

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ تَمِيمًا الدَّارِيَّ ، يَقُولُ : قُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا السُّنَّةُ فِي الرَّجُلِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ يُسْلِمُ عَلَى يَدَيِ الرَّجُلِ ، قَالَ : " هُوَ أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِمَحْيَاهُ وَمَمَاتِهِ " .
´It was narrated that ‘Abdullah bin Mawhab said:` “I heard Tamim Ad- Dari say: ‘I said: O Messenger of Allah, what is the Sunnah concerning a man from among the People of the Book who becomes a Muslim at the hands of another man?’ He said: ‘He is the closest of all people to him in life and in death.’”
Hadith Reference سنن ابن ماجه / كتاب الفرائض / 2752
Hadith Grading الألبانی: حسن صحيح  |  زبیر علی زئی: حسن
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Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:


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.


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