in what He had prescribed concerning inheritance and other matters—the Messenger, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him, was not among them, just as he was not included in analogous cases.

Since the prohibition against transgressing the limits was mentioned immediately after the prescribed shares, this indicated that no one entitled to such a share may be given more than what had been allotted to him. It also indicated that no bequest may be made to them. This abrogated the earlier command to make a bequest for parents and close relatives.

For this reason, the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said during the year of the Farewell Pilgrimage:

“Allah has given everyone entitled to a right his due; therefore, no bequest may be made to an heir.”

It was narrated by the compilers of the Sunan collections, such as Abū Dāwūd and others, [and by authors of works on the Prophet’s life] (1). The Muslim community unanimously agreed upon it, to the point that some thought the verse prescribing bequests had been abrogated only by this report, because they saw no incompatibility between entitlement to inheritance and a right (2) to receive a bequest. Yet abrogation occurs only when the abrogating and abrogated texts are incompatible.