Hadith 189

(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَيَّاشِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبِيعَةَ ، عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حَكِيمِ بْنِ عَبَّادِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ : أَنَّ رَجُلًا رَمَى رَجُلًا بِسَهْمٍ فَقَتَلَهُ ، وليس له وارث إلا خال ، فكتب في ذلك أبو عبيدة بن الجراح ، إلى عمر ، فكتب : أن النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ مَوْلَى مَنْ لَا مَوْلَى لَهُ ، وَالْخَالُ وَارِثُ مَنْ لَا وَارِثَ لَهُ " .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man shot another with an arrow, causing his death. He had only one heir, and that was his maternal uncle. Sayyiduna Abu Ubaidah bin Al-Jarrah wrote to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding this matter. In reply, he wrote back that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever has no mawla, Allah and His Messenger are his mawla, and whoever has no heir, his maternal uncle will be his heir."
Hadith Reference مسند احمد / مسند الخلفاء الراشدين / 189
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