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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الخلع والطلاق
Book of Khul and Divorce
باب: ما جاء في توريث المبتوتة في مرض الموت
Chapter: Reports on the irrevocably divorced woman inheriting when divorced during a fatal illness
Bayhaqi 15124 — Reports on the irrevocably divorced woman inheriting
قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ: وَقَوْلُ كَثِيرٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْفُتْيَا أَنَّهَا تَرِثُهُ فِي الْعِدَّةِ، وَقَوْلُ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا أَنَّهَا تَرِثُهُ وَإِنْ مَضَتِ الْعِدَّةُ، وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: وَإِنْ نَكَحَتْ زَوْجًا غَيْرَهُ وَقَالَ غَيْرُهُ تَرِثُهُ مَا امْتَنَعَتْ مِنَ الْأَزْوَاجِ وَفِي قَوْلِ بَعْضُهُمْ لَا تَرِثُ الْمَبْتُوتَةُ وَهَذَا مِمَّا اسْتُخِيرَ اللهُ فِيهِ.
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "The view of many of the people of fatwa is that she (the divorced wife of a sick man) will inherit from him during the iddah; the view of some of our companions is that she will inherit from him even if the iddah has passed; some of them said: even if she has married another husband; others besides them said: she will inherit from him as long as she refrains from (marrying other) husbands; and in the view of some, the irrevocably divorced woman will not inherit. This is among the matters in which Allah Almighty's guidance (istikharah) has been sought."
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْمُزَكِّي، نا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، أنا الشَّافِعِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي رَوَّادٍ، وَمُسْلِمُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي، يُطَلِّقُ الْمَرْأَةَ فَيَبُتُّهَا ثُمَّ يَمُوتُ وَهِيَ فِي عِدَّتِهَا، فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ: طَلَّقَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ تُمَاضِرَ بِنْتَ الْأَصْبَغِ الْكَلْبِيَّةَ فَبَتَّهَا ثُمَّ مَاتَ وَهِيَ فِي عِدَّتِهَا فَوَرَّثَهَا عُثْمَانُ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ: " وَأَمَّا أَنَا فَلَا أَرَى أَنْ تَرِثَ مَبْتُوتَةٌ ".
Ibn Abi Mulaykah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that he asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) about a man who divorces his wife irrevocably (battah), then the man dies while the woman is in her iddah. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Sayyiduna Abdur-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) divorced Tumadir bint al-Asbagh al-Kalbiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) irrevocably, then he died while she was in her iddah, and Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) made her an heir. Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: In my view, an irrevocably divorced woman does not inherit.
