Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

It is narrated from Hazrat Jubair bin Mut'im that the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) distributed the share of Dhul-Qurba among Banu Hashim and Banu Muttalib.

Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I submitted, O Messenger of Allah! If you deem it appropriate, appoint me as the guardian of our share from the khums of the Book of Allah, so that I may distribute it during your lifetime, so that after you, no one may dispute with me. He said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did so and appointed me as its guardian. I distributed it during the lifetime of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Then Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq appointed me as the guardian, so I distributed it during the lifetime of Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him). Then Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) appointed me as the guardian, so I distributed it during the lifetime of Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). Until the last year of the caliphate of Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) arrived, a great amount of wealth came to him, he separated our right and sent it to me and said: This is your right, take it and distribute it wherever you wish. I submitted, O Commander of the Faithful (may Allah be pleased with him), we are in no need of it as the Muslims are in greater need of it. Thus, that year I returned it to him. After Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), no one called us towards it until I am standing at this place. After leaving Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), I met Hazrat Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: O Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), this morning you have deprived us of a thing (a right), now it will not be given to us until the Day of Judgment. And Hazrat Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) was a man of sound opinion.

It is narrated from Hazrat Yazid bin Hurmaz that Najdah wrote to Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and asked him: For whom is the share of the near relatives (dhawi al-qurba)? Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) wrote in reply: You have written to me asking for whom is the share of the near relatives? That share is for us. Then he said: Hazrat Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) invited us to use it for marrying off our unmarried women, for serving our family, and for paying off our creditors. We refused, except that all of it should be given to us. He refused to do so, so we left it for them.

It is narrated from Hazrat Hasan bin Muhammad Ibn al-Hanafiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) that after the demise of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), people differed regarding two portions: one was the portion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the other was the portion of the near relatives (dhawi al-qurba). One group said: The portion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, after him, is for his successor (khalifah), and another group said: The portion of the near relatives is for the relatives of the khalifah. Then all the people agreed that both these portions would be spent on horses and preparation for jihad.

Hazrat Ata says that when Hazrat Umar bin Abdul Aziz became the caliph, he sent both of these portions (the portion of Allah's Messenger and the portion of the near relatives) to Banu Hashim.

Hazrat Al-Suddi says that by the divine command { وَلِذِی الْقُرْبَی }, what is meant is the Banu Abd al-Muttalib.

It is narrated from Hazrat Saeed Al-Maqburi (may Allah have mercy on him) that Najdah wrote to Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with both of them) inquiring about the share of Dhul-Qurba. Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with both of them) wrote in reply: We believe that we are the ones (entitled to it), but our people have denied us.

Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) said regarding the verse of the Noble Qur'an { لِلَّہِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ وَلِذِی الْقُرْبَی وَالْیَتَامَی وَالْمَسَاکِینِ وَابْنِ السَّبِیلِ } that after the passing of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) did not give the share to the Ahl al-Bayt. Their view was that this share is for the Imam, who will spend it in the way of Allah, and spend it among the poor wherever Allah guides him.