by Ibn Ḥibbān (5/571).
- From Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī, attributed to the Prophet, with similar wording. Aḥmad and others recorded it, and it is cited in al-Mishkāt (4331). There are also reports on this subject from Companions other than those mentioned above; see Majmaʿ al-Zawāʾid (5/122–126).
2038 — “The entire estate of the Prophet is charity, except what he used to feed and clothe his family. We do not leave an inheritance.”
Abū Dāwūd (2975) and al-Tirmidhī, in al-Shamāʾil (no. 383), recorded it by way of Abū al-Bakhtarī, who said: “I heard a hadith from a man and was impressed by it, so I said, ‘Write it down for me.’ He brought it to me in writing: Al-ʿAbbās and ʿAlī came to ʿUmar, with Ṭalḥah, al-Zubayr, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, and Saʿd present, and the two were disputing. ʿUmar said to Ṭalḥah, al-Zubayr, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, and Saʿd: ‘Do you not know that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said’”—then he mentioned it. They replied, ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to spend from his property on his family and give the remainder in charity. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) died, and Abū Bakr administered it for two years, doing what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had done.’” He then mentioned part of the hadith of Mālik ibn Aws.
I say: All the narrators in this chain are trustworthy and among al-Bukhārī’s narrators, apart from the unnamed man. He apparently was either a Companion or a senior Successor; thus, the report of one in his position is accepted, especially when it serves as a supporting report. One such supporting report is the hadith of ʿĀʾishah, attributed to the Prophet: “We do not leave an inheritance; whatever we leave behind is charity. This property is only for the family of Muhammad, for their needs and their guests. When I die, it shall pass to the one in authority after me.” Abū Dāwūd (2977) recorded it from her with a good chain of transmission. Its basic wording is found in the two Ṣaḥīḥs and elsewhere, though without its latter part.