Daraqutni

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Learn the knowledge of inheritance and teach it to the people, for it is half of knowledge, and it is the first thing that will be forgotten, and it is the first thing that will be taken away from my Ummah.”

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Knowledge is of three types, and whatever is besides that is extra: the knowledge of firm (clear) verses, the knowledge of the just Sunnah, and the knowledge of the laws of inheritance according to justice.”

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying this after Surah An-Nisa was revealed and the rulings of inheritance were revealed in it. He (peace be upon him) said: "After Surah An-Nisa, no one can be kept from inheritance."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No one can be prevented from the shares of inheritance prescribed by Allah." No one besides Ibn Lahi'ah has narrated this chain; he has transmitted it from his brother. Both of these narrators are weak.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said regarding (the deceased's) two daughters, mother, father, and wife: "His inheritance will be divided into nine shares."

Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A follower of one religion does not inherit from a follower of another religion, and the testimony of people belonging to one religion is not accepted against those of another religion. However, the ruling for my Ummah is different, because their testimony will be accepted in favor of all other people." These are the words of the narrator named 'Ayyash; however, he has mentioned in his narration: "I think that the doubt regarding the wording of the narration is with the narrator named 'Umar, and the narrator named 'Umar is 'Umar bin Rashid, who is not reliable."

Sayyiduna Usama bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates this statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "No disbeliever can inherit from a Muslim, and no Muslim can inherit from a disbeliever."

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I was standing under the camel of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and its saliva was dripping on me. On that occasion, he said: "Allah has appointed the due right of every rightful person, so no bequest can be made in favor of an heir. The child will belong to the (marital) bed, and the adulterer will be deprived. No one should be called by reference to anyone other than his (biological) father, and no one should attribute himself to anyone other than his emancipator. Whoever does so, upon him is the continuous curse of Allah. A woman should not spend anything from her husband's house without his permission." A man asked: "O Messenger of Allah! Not even food grain?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That is our most important wealth." Then after that, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A borrowed item must be returned, a loan must be repaid, and whoever assumes responsibility will also be liable to pay compensation."

In another narration, the same words are present. Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) says: "I stood beneath the camel of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)." After that, he narrated as in the previous narration.