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Home / Hadees / Sahih al-Bukhari / Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) Sahih al-Bukhari, book 85. 31 chapters and 47 stored hadiths.
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بَابُ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: {يُوصِيكُمُ اللَّهُ فِي أَوْلاَدِكُمْ لِلذَّكَرِ مِثْلُ حَظِّ الأُنْثَيَيْنِ فَإِنْ كُنَّ نِسَاءً فَوْقَ اثْنَتَيْنِ فَلَهُنَّ ثُلُثَا مَا تَرَكَ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ وَاحِدَةً فَلَهَا النِّصْفُ وَلأَبَوَيْهِ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا السُّدُسُ مِمَّا تَرَكَ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ وَلَدٌ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ وَلَدٌ وَوَرِثَهُ أَبَوَاهُ فَلأُمِّهِ الثُّلُثُ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُ إِخْوَةٌ فَلأُمِّهِ السُّدُسُ مِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوصِي بِهَا أَوْ دَيْنٍ آبَاؤُكُمْ وَأَبْنَاؤُكُمْ لاَ تَدْرُونَ أَيُّهُمْ أَقْرَبُ لَكُمْ نَفْعًا فَرِيضَةً مِنَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا وَلَكُمْ نِصْفُ مَا تَرَكَ أَزْوَاجُكُمْ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُنَّ وَلَدٌ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُنَّ وَلَدٌ فَلَكُمُ الرُّبُعُ مِمَّا تَرَكْنَ مِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوصِينَ بِهَا أَوْ دَيْنٍ وَلَهُنَّ الرُّبُعُ مِمَّا تَرَكْتُمْ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَكُمْ وَلَدٌ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَكُمْ وَلَدٌ فَلَهُنَّ الثُّمُنُ مِمَّا تَرَكْتُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ تُوصُونَ بِهَا أَوْ دَيْنٍ وَإِنْ كَانَ رَجُلٌ يُورَثُ كَلاَلَةً أَوِ امْرَأَةٌ وَلَهُ أَخٌ أَوْ أُخْتٌ فَلِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا السُّدُسُ فَإِنْ كَانُوا أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَهُمْ شُرَكَاءُ فِي الثُّلُثِ مِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوصَى بِهَا أَوْ دَيْنٍ غَيْرَ مُضَارٍّ وَصِيَّةً مِنَ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَلِيمٌ}
“Allah commands you as regards your children’s (inheritance)…” 1 hadiths
Open chapter Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) · Chapter 2
باب تَعْلِيمِ الْفَرَائِضِ
Learning about the Laws of Inheritance 1 hadiths
Open chapter Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) · Chapter 3
باب قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ نُورَثُ مَا تَرَكْنَا صَدَقَةٌ "
Hadiths in this book Sahih al-Bukhari · Book 85 · Hadith 6764
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حُسَيْنٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لاَ يَرِثُ الْمُسْلِمُ الْكَافِرَ، وَلاَ الْكَافِرُ الْمُسْلِمَ ".
Narrated Usama bin Zaid:
the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "A Muslim cannot be the heir of a disbeliever, nor can a disbeliever be the heir of a
Muslim."
Sahih
Read Copy Share Bookmark♡ Love◇ Save⏱ Read laterSahih al-Bukhari · Book 85 · Hadith 6765
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ أَنَّهَا قَالَتِ اخْتَصَمَ سَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ وَعَبْدُ بْنُ زَمْعَةَ فِي غُلاَمٍ فَقَالَ سَعْدٌ هَذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ابْنُ أَخِي عُتْبَةَ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ عَهِدَ إِلَىَّ أَنَّهُ ابْنُهُ، انْظُرْ إِلَى شَبَهِهِ. وَقَا…
Narrated `Aisha:
Sa`d bin Abi Waqqas and 'Abu bin Zam`a had a dispute over a boy. Sa`d said, "O Allah's Messenger!
This (boy) is the son of my brother, `Utba bin Abi Waqqas who told me to be his custodian as he was
his…
Sahih
“Our property is not to be inherited, and whatever we leave is Sadaqa.” Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) · Chapter 4
باب قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَنْ تَرَكَ مَالاً فَلأَهْلِهِ "
“Whoever leaves some property, then it is for his family.” 1 hadiths
Open chapter Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) · Chapter 5
باب مِيرَاثِ الْوَلَدِ مِنْ أَبِيهِ وَأُمِّهِ
Inheritance of the offspring from dead fathers and mothers 1 hadiths
Open chapter Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) · Chapter 6
باب مِيرَاثِ الْبَنَاتِ
The inheritance of daughters 2 hadiths
Open chapter Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) · Chapter 7
باب مِيرَاثِ ابْنِ الاِبْنِ، إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنِ ابْنٌ
The inheritance of one’s grandchild 1 hadiths
Open chapter Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) · Chapter 8
باب مِيرَاثِ ابْنَةِ ابْنٍ مَعَ ابْنَةٍ
The share of inheritance of one’s son’s daughter 1 hadiths
Open chapter Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) · Chapter 9
باب مِيرَاثِ الْجَدِّ مَعَ الأَبِ وَالإِخْوَةِ
The shares of inheritance for the paternal grandfather, the father and brothers 2 hadiths
Open chapter Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) · Chapter 10
باب مِيرَاثِ الزَّوْجِ مَعَ الْوَلَدِ وَغَيْرِهِ
The inheritance of husband along with the offspring and other relatives 1 hadiths
Open chapter Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) · Chapter 11
باب مِيرَاثِ الْمَرْأَةِ وَالزَّوْجِ مَعَ الْوَلَدِ وَغَيْرِهِ
The inheritance of a woman and a husband along with the offspring and other relatives 1 hadiths
Open chapter Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) · Chapter 12
باب مِيرَاثِ الأَخَوَاتِ مَعَ الْبَنَاتِ عَصَبَةً
The sisters share the inheritance with the daughters 2 hadiths
Open chapter Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) · Chapter 13
باب مِيرَاثِ الأَخَوَاتِ وَالإِخْوَةِ
The inheritance of the sisters and brothers 1 hadiths
Open chapter Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) · Chapter 14
بَابُ {يَسْتَفْتُونَكَ قُلِ اللَّهُ يُفْتِيكُمْ فِي الْكَلاَلَةِ إِنِ امْرُؤٌ هَلَكَ لَيْسَ لَهُ وَلَدٌ وَلَهُ أُخْتٌ فَلَهَا نِصْفُ مَا تَرَكَ وَهُوَ يَرِثُهَا إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهَا وَلَدٌ فَإِنْ كَانَتَا اثْنَتَيْنِ فَلَهُمَا الثُّلُثَانِ مِمَّا تَرَكَ وَإِنْ كَانُوا إِخْوَةً رِجَالاً وَنِسَاءً فَلِلذَّكَرِ مِثْلُ حَظِّ الأُنْثَيَيْنِ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَضِلُّوا وَاللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ}
“They ask you for a legal verdict. Say: ‘Allah directs about Al-Kalalah…” 1 hadiths
Open chapter Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) · Chapter 15
باب ابْنَىْ عَمٍّ أَحَدُهُمَا أَخٌ لِلأُمِّ وَالآخَرُ زَوْجٌ
The heirs of a lady who dies, leaving two cousins – her maternal brother and her husband. 2 hadiths
Open chapter Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) · Chapter 16
باب ذَوِي الأَرْحَامِ
Kindred by blood 1 hadiths
Open chapter Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) · Chapter 17
باب مِيرَاثِ الْمُلاَعَنَةِ
The inheritance in the case of Mula’ana 1 hadiths
Open chapter Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) · Chapter 18
باب الْوَلَدُ لِلْفِرَاشِ حُرَّةً كَانَتْ أَوْ أَمَةً
The child is for the owner of the bed 2 hadiths
Open chapter Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) · Chapter 19
باب الْوَلاَءُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ، وَمِيرَاثُ اللَّقِيطِ
Al-Wala’ is for the manumitter 2 hadiths
Open chapter Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) · Chapter 20
باب مِيرَاثِ السَّائِبَةِ
The heir of the Sa'iba 2 hadiths
Open chapter Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) · Chapter 21
باب إِثْمِ مَنْ تَبَرَّأَ مِنْ مَوَالِيهِ
The sin of the freed slave who denies his master who has freed him. 2 hadiths
Open chapter Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) · Chapter 22
باب إِذَا أَسْلَمَ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ
If someone is converted to Islam through somebody else 2 hadiths
Open chapter Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) · Chapter 23
باب مَا يَرِثُ النِّسَاءُ مِنَ الْوَلاَءِ
What a woman can inherit of the Wala’ (in the book it is given women) 2 hadiths
Open chapter Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) · Chapter 24
باب مَوْلَى الْقَوْمِ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ، وَابْنُ الأُخْتِ مِنْهُمْ
The freed slave belongs to the people who have freed him 2 hadiths
Open chapter Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) · Chapter 25
باب مِيرَاثِ الأَسِيرِ
The inheritance of a captive 1 hadiths
Open chapter Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) · Chapter 26
باب لاَ يَرِثُ الْمُسْلِمُ الْكَافِرَ وَلاَ الْكَافِرُ الْمُسْلِمَ، وَإِذَا أَسْلَمَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُقْسَمَ الْمِيرَاثُ فَلاَ مِيرَاثَ لَهُ
Neither a Muslim can be the heir of a disbeliever, nor a disbeliever of a Muslim 1 hadiths
Open chapter Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) · Chapter 27
بَابُ مِيرَاثِ الْعَبْدِ النَّصْرَانِيِّ وَمُكَاتَبِ النَّصْرَانِيِّ، وَإِثْمِ مَنِ انْتَفَى مِنْ وَلَدِهِ
The Inheritance of a Christian slave and a Mukatab 0 hadiths
Open chapter Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) · Chapter 28
باب مَنِ ادَّعَى أَخًا أَوِ ابْنَ أَخٍ
Whoever claims that somebody is his brother or his nephew 1 hadiths
Open chapter Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) · Chapter 29
باب مَنِ ادَّعَى إِلَى غَيْرِ أَبِيهِ
Whoever claims to be the son of a person other than his father 2 hadiths
Open chapter Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) · Chapter 30
باب إِذَا ادَّعَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ ابْنًا
If a lady claims to be the mother of a son 1 hadiths
Open chapter Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) · Chapter 31
باب الْقَائِفِ
The Qa’if 2 hadiths
Open chapter Copy Share Bookmark♡ Love◇ Save⏱ Read laterSahih al-Bukhari · Book 85 · Hadith 6766, 6767
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ ـ هُوَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ سَعْدٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " مَنِ ادَّعَى إِلَى غَيْرِ أَبِيهِ، وَهْوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ غَيْرُ أَبِيهِ، فَالْجَنَّةُ عَلَيْهِ حَرَامٌ ". فَذَكَرْتُهُ لأَبِي بَكْرَةَ فَقَالَ وَأَنَا سَمِ…
Narrated Sa`d:
I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "Whoever claims to be the son of a person other than his father, and he
knows that person is not his father, then Paradise will be forbidden for him." I mentioned that to A…
Sahih
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حَدَّثَنَا أَصْبَغُ بْنُ الْفَرَجِ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرٌو، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ، عَنْ عِرَاكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لاَ تَرْغَبُوا عَنْ آبَائِكُمْ، فَمَنْ رَغِبَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ فَهُوَ كُفْرٌ ".
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Do not deny your fathers (i.e. claim to be the sons of persons other than your
fathers), and whoever denies his father, is charged with disbelief."
Sahih
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " كَانَتِ امْرَأَتَانِ مَعَهُمَا ابْنَاهُمَا، جَاءَ الذِّئْبُ فَذَهَبَ بِابْنِ إِحْدَاهُمَا فَقَالَتْ لِصَاحِبَتِهَا إِنَّمَا ذَهَبَ بِابْنِكِ. وَقَالَتِ الأُخ…
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "There were two women with whom there were their two sons. A wolf came and
took away the son of one of them. That lady said to her companion, 'The wolf has taken your so…
Sahih
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حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم دَخَلَ عَلَىَّ مَسْرُورًا تَبْرُقُ أَسَارِيرُ وَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ " أَلَمْ تَرَىْ أَنَّ مُجَزِّزًا نَظَرَ آنِفًا إِلَى زَيْدِ بْنِ حَارِثَةَ وَأُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، فَقَالَ إِنَّ هَذِهِ…
Narrated `Aisha:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) once entered upon me in a very happy mood, with his features glittering with joy, and
said, "O `Aisha! won't you see that Mujazziz (a Qa'if) looked just now at Zaid bin Haritha and…
Sahih
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حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ دَخَلَ عَلَىَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ وَهْوَ مَسْرُورٌ فَقَالَ " يَا عَائِشَةُ أَلَمْ تَرَىْ أَنَّ مُجَزِّزًا الْمُدْلِجِيَّ دَخَلَ فَرَأَى أُسَامَةَ وَزَيْدًا وَعَلَيْهِمَا قَطِيفَةٌ، قَدْ غَطَّيَا رُءُوسَهُمَا وَبَد…
Narrated `Aisha:
Once Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) entered upon me and he was in a very happy mood and said, "O `Aisha: Don't
you know that Mujazziz Al-Mudliji entered and saw Usama and Zaid with a velvet covering on them
and…
Sahih
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