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سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الفرائض
Chapters on Shares of Inheritance
بَابُ : الرَّجُلِ يُسْلِمُ عَلَى يَدَيِ الرَّجُلِ
Chapter: A man who becomes Muslim at the hands of another
Sunan Ibn Majah — Hadith 2752
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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.’”
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Brief Explanation
1؎ : The apparent meaning of the hadith indicates that if a new Muslim has no heirs, then the person who guided him to Islam is entitled to his inheritance.
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊
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.
➊
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.
➋
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
