Chapter: The Estate of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ

Abu Isḥāq transmitted from ʿAmr ibn al-Ḥārith al-Khuzaʿī, the brother of Juwayriyah, who said: “By Allah, when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away he left neither a dinar nor a dirham, neither a male slave nor a female slave, nor anything at all save his white mule, his weapons, and a tract of land that he had dedicated as charity.” Al-Bukhārī recorded this.

Al-Aʿmash narrated through Abū Wāʾil, from Masrūq, from ʿĀʾishah, who said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ left neither a dinar nor a dirham, neither a sheep nor a camel, and he made no bequest.” Muslim.

Masʿar related, through ʿĀṣim, from Zirr, that ʿĀʾishah said: “Are you asking me about the inheritance of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ left neither a dinar nor a dirham, neither a male slave nor a maidservant.”

ʿUrwah related from ʿĀʾishah that she said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ died while there was nothing in my house except half a sāʿ of barley. I kept eating from it until I became weary of it; then I measured it, and it was finished. Would that I had never measured it.” Agreed upon.

Al-Aswad narrated from ʿĀʾishah: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away while his coat of mail was held in pledge for thirty sāʿs of barley.” Al-Bukhārī recorded this.

As for the mantle that came into the possession of the ʿAbbāsid caliphs, Yūnus ibn Bukayr said,