مشكوة المصابيح

Mishkat al-Masabih

كتاب الفرائض والوصايا

The Book of Inheritance and Wills

39 subchapters
1 (بَيَانُ الفَرَائِضِ)

(Explanation of inheritance laws)

1 hadith (3041 — 3041)

2 (التَّرْغِيبُ فِي إِعْطَاءِ الحِصَصِ لِلْحَصَصِينَ)

(Encouragement to give shares to entitled heirs)

1 hadith (3042 — 3042)

3 (المُسْلِمُ وَالكَافِرُ لَا يَتَوَارَثَانِ)

(A Muslim and a non-Muslim do not inherit from each other)

1 hadith (3043 — 3043)

4 (بَيَانُ مَوْلَى القَوْمِ أَيِ العَبْدِ المُعْتَقِ)

(Explanation of the freed slave of a tribe)

1 hadith (3044 — 3044)

5 (وِرَاثَةُ الخَالِ)

(Inheritance of the maternal nephew)

1 hadith (3045 — 3045)

6 (أَهْلُ المِلَلِ المُخْتَلِفَةِ لَا يَتَوَارَثُونَ)

(People of different religions do not inherit from each other)

1 hadith (3046 — 3046)

7 (القَاتِلُ لَا يَرِثُ المَقْتُولَ)

(The killer does not inherit from the killed)

1 hadith (3047 — 3047)

8 (القَاتِلُ لَا يَرِثُ المَقْتُولَ)

(The killer does not inherit from the killed)

1 hadith (3048 — 3048)

9 (وِرَاثَةُ الجَدَّةِ)

(Inheritance of the grandmother)

1 hadith (3049 — 3049)

10 (الوَلَدُ المَوْلُودُ هُوَ وَارِثٌ)

(A born child is an heir)

1 hadith (3050 — 3050)

11 (وِرَاثَةُ مَوْلَى القَوْمِ)

(Inheritance of the freed slave of a tribe)

1 hadith (3051 — 3051)

12 (ذِكْرُ الخَالِ فِي وِرَاثَةِ المَيِّتِ)

(Mention of the maternal uncle in the inheritance of the deceased)

1 hadith (3052 — 3052)

13 (مَنْ تَرِثُهَا المَرْأَةُ)

(Who a woman can inherit from)

1 hadith (3053 — 3053)

14 (لَا وِرَاثَةَ لِوَلَدِ الزِّنَا)

(No inheritance for a child of adultery)

1 hadith (3054 — 3054)

15 (مَنْ لَا وَارِثَ لَهُ)

(The one who has no heir)

1 hadith (3055 — 3055)

16 (قِصَّةُ شَخْصٍ مِنَ القَبِيلَةِ لَا وَارِثَ لَهُ)

(The story of a tribal person with no heir)

1 hadith (3056 — 3056)

17 (ذِكْرُ الإِخْوَةِ فِي الوَصِيَّةِ)

(Mention of brothers in a will)

1 hadith (3057 — 3057)

18 (وِرَاثَةُ البِنْتِ)

(Inheritance of the daughter)

1 hadith (3058 — 3058)

19 (إِذَا تَرَكَ بِنْتًا وَحَفِيدَةً وَأُخْتًا فَوِرَاثَتُهُنَّ)

(If he leaves a daughter, granddaughter, and sister, their inheritance)

1 hadith (3059 — 3059)

20 (بَيَانُ حِصَّةِ الجَدِّ مِنْ مِيرَاثِ الحَفِيدِ)

(Explanation of the grandfather’s share from the grandson’s inheritance)

1 hadith (3060 — 3060)

21 (بَيَانُ حِصَّةِ النَّانَةِ أَوِ الجَدَّةِ مِنْ تَرِكَةِ المَيِّتِ)

(Explanation of the grandmother’s or great-grandmother’s share from the deceased’s estate)

1 hadith (3061 — 3061)

22 (بَيَانُ حِصَّةِ النَّانَةِ أَوِ الجَدَّةِ فِي حَالَةِ مَجُودِيَّةِ الابْنِ)

(Explanation of the grandmother’s or great-grandmother’s share in the presence of a son)

1 hadith (3062 — 3062)

23 (إِعْطَاءُ الوِرَاثَةِ كَدِيَةٍ)

(Giving inheritance as blood money)

1 hadith (3063 — 3063)

24 (مُعَامَلَةُ المُشْرِكِ)

(The dealing of a polytheist)

1 hadith (3064 — 3064)

25 (بَيَانُ الوِرَاثَةِ فِي سِيَاقِ العَبْدِ)

(Explanation of inheritance regarding a slave)

1 hadith (3065 — 3065)

26 (مَنْ يَرِثُ الوَلَاءَ هُوَ نَفْسُهُ يَرِثُ المَالَ)

(The one who inherits patronage also inherits the wealth)

1 hadith (3066 — 3066)

27 (بَيَانُ زَمَانِ الوِرَاثَةِ)

(Explanation of the time of inheritance)

1 hadith (3067 — 3067)

28 (وِرَاثَةُ الخَالَةِ)

(Inheritance of the maternal aunt)

1 hadith (3068 — 3068)

29 (التَّرْغِيبُ فِي تَعَلُّمِ مَسَائِلِ الوِرَاثَةِ)

(Encouragement to learn the issues of inheritance)

1 hadith (3069 — 3069)

30 (عَدَمُ قَضَاءِ لَيْلَتَيْنِ بِدُونِ كِتَابَةِ الوَصِيَّةِ)

(Not passing two nights without writing a will)

1 hadith (3070 — 3070)

31 (مَنْعُ الوَصِيَّةِ بِأَكْثَرَ مِنْ ثُلُثِ المَالِ)

(Prohibition of making a will for more than one-third of the wealth)

1 hadith (3071 — 3071)

32 (كَمْ يَجِبُ أَنْ تَكُونَ الوَصِيَّةُ)

(How much should a will be for)

1 hadith (3072 — 3072)

33 (لَا وَصِيَّةَ لِلْوَارِثِ)

(No will for an heir)

1 hadith (3073 — 3073)

34 (الوَصِيَّةُ بِأَكْثَرَ مِنْ ثُلُثَيْ المَالِ تُضِرُّ بِالوَرَثَةِ)

(A will for more than two-thirds of the wealth harms the heirs)

1 hadith (3074 — 3074)

35 (وَعِيدُ عَدَمِ الوَصِيَّةِ)

(Warning against not making a will)

1 hadith (3075 — 3075)

36 (الوَصِيَّةُ لِلْفُقَرَاءِ سَبَبٌ لِلْمَغْفِرَةِ)

(Making a will for the poor is a cause for forgiveness)

1 hadith (3076 — 3076)

37 (بَيَانُ مَنْ لَيْسَ مُسْلِمًا وَيُوصِي)

(Explanation of a non-Muslim making a will)

1 hadith (3077 — 3077)

38 (مَنْعُ قَطْعِ مِيرَاثِ الوَارِثِ)

(Prohibition of cutting off an heir’s inheritance)

1 hadith (3078 — 3078)

39 (مَنْعُ قَطْعِ مِيرَاثِ الوَارِثِ، بِرِوَايَةِ الإِمَامِ البَيْهَقِيِّ)

(Prohibition of cutting off an heir’s inheritance, narrated by Imam Al-Bayhaqi)

1 hadith (3079 — 3079)