Life grants (umra) and what they said about them

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) assigned the umra to the heirs.

Tariq ruled that the umra goes to the heirs, on the basis of the narration of Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him).

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Umra has no standing. Whatever is handed over to someone as umra will be his."

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Umra is valid for the one to whom it was given."

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Umra is an inheritance for its people," or he said: "It is valid for its people."

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Keep your wealth with yourselves and do not make it umra. Whoever gives something as umra, it follows the path of inheritance."

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever is given something as umra, it is his, and after his death it belongs to his heirs."

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Inheritance also applies to umra."

Salamah bin Kuhayl said: We were sitting with Shurayh when some people came to him disputing about an umra that had been given to a man for his lifetime. He said: It is his during his life and after his death as well. The one against whom the ruling had been given turned to him, imploring him. Shurayh said: This man has blamed me for a ruling that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has already given.

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever is given something as umra, it is his; he may do with it whatever he wishes."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Umra is final and irrevocable (that is, it too is ownership).

A Bedouin came to Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) and said: I gave my nephew a she-camel for his lifetime, and it multiplied until it became a number of camels. What is your opinion about them? He said: They are his during his life and after his death as well. The Bedouin said: But I only made it a charity. He said: Then that puts it even further from you. (That is, there is no way of getting it back.)

Mughirah said: I asked Ibrahim about sukna (a dwelling given for residence). He replied: It will go to the heirs of the person who gave it for living in. I said: O Abu Imran, is the ruling not that whoever is given ownership of something for his lifetime remains its owner during his life and after his death as well? He said: That concerns umra.

Al-Hasan said: When a person gives another a house for his lifetime, it is his during his life and after his death as well.

A blind man came to Shurayh disputing about a slave woman (whom he had given as umra). Shurayh ruled in favour of the one to whom she had been given as umra. The man said: You have ruled against me? He said: I did not rule against you; rather, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the ruling: "Whoever is made the owner of something for his lifetime, it is his during his life and after his death."

Al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: When someone gives a house to another saying, "This is now yours for life," the house will remain his even after death.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Whoever receives a house by way of umra (a life grant), that house belongs to him and to his heirs.

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O people of the Ansar! Hold on to your properties and do not give them as umra. Whoever gives something as umra, it will belong to the one to whom it was given as umra."

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "An umra is valid for those to whom it is given."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave judgment that an umra belongs to the recipient and to his descendants outright; the giver has no condition or exception in it.

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "An umra is valid for those to whom it is given," or: "it is an inheritance for those to whom it is given."