Mukhtasar Muslim

‘Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) came to me while I was sick and unconscious. The Prophet (peace be upon him) performed ablution, and people poured the water from his ablution over me, so I regained consciousness. I said, “O Messenger of Allah! (What about) my inheritance?” (The inheritance will be for the kalalah.) (The narrator Shubah) says: I asked Muhammad bin Al-Munkadir, “Was this verse revealed: ‘They ask you for a legal verdict. Say: Allah directs (thus) about Al-Kalalah...’ (An-Nisa: 176)?” He said: “Yes! This very verse was revealed.”

Ma'dan bin Abi Talhah narrates that Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) delivered a sermon on Friday in which he mentioned the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and he mentioned Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him). Then he said: "I am not leaving behind any issue after me more important than the issue of kalalah, and I have not asked about any issue as repeatedly as I have about kalalah, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not show such strictness with me in any matter as he did in the matter of kalalah, to the extent that he poked his blessed finger into my chest and said: 'O Umar! Is not that verse sufficient for you which was revealed at the end of Surah An-Nisa in the summer season?' Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: 'If I remain alive, I will issue such a clear ruling about kalalah that everyone will judge accordingly, whether he reads the Qur'an or not.'"