Kalalah: who are they?

Tawus narrated that Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I was the last of the people to be with Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), and I heard him say: Kalalah is one who has no child.

Al-Sha'bi said that Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I have an opinion concerning kalalah. If it is correct, it is from Allah; and if it is mistaken, it is from me and from Satan. Kalalah are the relatives other than the child and the father.

Al-Hasan bin Muhammad said that Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said to me: Kalalah is one who has neither child nor father.

Abu al-Khayr narrated that Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Nothing burdened the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) as much as kalalah burdened them.

Shu'bah said: I asked al-Hakam about kalalah, and he said: Those other than the child and the father.

Al-Qasim narrated that Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) recited in this way: "And he has a brother or a sister from the mother."

Sulaym bin Abd al-Saluli narrated that Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Kalalah are the relatives other than the child and the father.

Al-Sumayt said that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say: Kalalah are the relatives other than the child and the father.

Sufyan bin Husayn narrated, through a man, from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that kalalah refers to the deceased.