(1) The hadith is transmitted in both full and abridged versions, with differences in wording, from Umar, Uthmān, Alī, Abd al-Rahmān ibn Awf, al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwām, Sa‘d ibn Abī Waqqās, al-Abbās, Abū Hurayra, Mālik ibn Aws ibn al-Hadathān, and Ā’isha (al-Tirmidhī adds Talha), in: al-Bukhārī, 4/79 (Book of the Obligation of the Khums [One-Fifth], first chapter); 5/20 (Book of the Merits of the Prophet’s Companions, chapter on the Merits of the Relatives of the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—and the Virtue of Fātima…); 5/89–90 (Book of Military Expeditions, chapter on the Account of Banū al-Nadīr…); 5/139–140 (Book of Military Expeditions, chapter on the Expedition of Khaybar); 7/63–64 (Book of Maintenance, chapter on a Man’s Reserving a Year’s Provision for His Family); 8/149–150 (Book of Inheritance, chapter on the Prophet’s statement—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—“We Leave No Inheritance; Whatever We Leave Is Charity”); 9/98–100 (Book of Holding Fast, chapter on What Is Disliked of Excessive Scrutiny…); Muslim, 3/1376–1383 (Book of Jihad and Expeditions, chapter on the Ruling Concerning fay’ [property acquired without battle], and chapter on the Prophet’s statement—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—“We Leave No Inheritance; Whatever We Leave Is Charity”); Sunan Abī Dāwūd, 3/192–199 (Book of Land Tax, Governance, and Fay’, chapter on the Properties Reserved for the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace); and Sunan al-Tirmidhī, 3/81–83 (Book of Military Expeditions, chapter on Reports Concerning the Prophet’s Estate—may Allah bless him and grant him peace). It also appears in numerous places in Sunan al-Nasā’ī, al-Muwatta’, and Musnad Ahmad. Its full text will appear a few pages later in this volume. (2) W reads: “the utmost degree of…” (3) A and B read: “and his deliberate lying.” (4) N and M read: “His being the adverse party is false…” (5) W, H, and S read: “for those entitled to it.” (6) N, M, H, and R read: “just as the mosque is”; S reads: “like the mosque.” (7) “And an upright witness” is omitted only in N. (8) A and B read: “in favor of a man.” (9) N and M use the form awsā (“made a bequest”).