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Sunan Abu Dawud 2883

Chapter: What Has Been Related About The Will Of A Combatant Disbeliever Who Dies, And His Executor Accepts Islam, Does He Have To Carry Out The Will ?

Good (hasan) 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 2883

Narrator:Abdullah ibn Amr

حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مَزْيَدٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي حَسَّانُ بْنُ عَطِيَّةَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، أَنَّ الْعَاصَ بْنَ وَائِلٍ، أَوْصَى أَنْ يُعْتَقَ، عَنْهُ مِائَةُ رَقَبَةٍ فَأَعْتَقَ ابْنُهُ هِشَامٌ خَمْسِينَ رَقَبَةً فَأَرَادَ ابْنُهُ عَمْرٌو أَنْ يَعْتِقَ عَنْهُ الْخَمْسِينَ الْبَاقِيَةَ فَقَالَ حَتَّى أَسْأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَبِي أَوْصَى بِعِتْقِ مِائَةِ رَقَبَةٍ وَإِنَّ هِشَامًا أَعْتَقَ عَنْهُ خَمْسِينَ وَبَقِيَتْ عَلَيْهِ خَمْسُونَ رَقَبَةً أَفَأُعْتِقُ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏

إِنَّهُ لَوْ كَانَ مُسْلِمًا فَأَعْتَقْتُمْ عَنْهُ أَوْ تَصَدَّقْتُمْ عَنْهُ أَوْ حَجَجْتُمْ عَنْهُ

Narrated 'Amr b. Suh'aib:

On his father's authority, said that his grandfather told that Al-'As ibn Wa'il left his will that a hundred slaves should be emancipated on his behalf. His son Hisham emancipated fifty slaves and his son Amr intended to emancipate the remaining fifty on his behalf, but he said: I should ask first the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He, therefore, came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: Messenger of Allah, my father left in his will that a hundred slaves should be emancipated on his behalf and Hisham has emancipated fifty on his behalf and fifty remain. Shall I emancipate them on his behalf? The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Had he been a Muslim and you had emancipated slaves on his behalf, or given sadaqah on his behalf, or performed the pilgrimage, that would have reached him.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 2883).

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Classical commentary

Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاس بْن الْوَلِيد بْن مَزْيَد ) : بِفَتْحِ الْمِيم وَسُكُون الزَّاي وَفَتْح الْمُثَنَّاة التَّحْتِيَّة قَالَهُ فِي التَّقْرِيب ( أَنَّ الْعَاص بْن وَائِل ) : هُوَ سَهْمِيّ قُرَشِيّ أَدْرَكَ زَمَن الْإِسْلَام وَلَمْ يُسْلِم ( أَنْ يُعْتَق عَنْهُ ) : بِصِيغَةِ الْمَجْهُول أَيْ يُعْتِق وَرَثَته عَنْ قِبَله بَعْد مَوْته ( فَأَعْتَقَ اِبْنه هِشَام ) : هُوَ هِشَام بْن الْعَاصِ أَخُو عَمْرو بْن الْعَاصِ الْمَشْهُور أَنَّهُ كَانَ أَصْغَر مِنْهُ وَكَانَ قَدِيم الْإِسْلَام , وَكَانَ حَبْرًا فَاضِلًا. قَالَهُ فِي اللُّمَعَاتِ ( فَأَرَادَ اِبْنه ) : أَيْ اِبْن الْعَاصِ ( عَمْرو ) : هُوَ الْأَخ الْكَبِير لِهِشَامٍ ( أَنْ يُعْتِق عَنْهُ ) : أَيْ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ( حَتَّى أَسْأَل ) : أَيْ ل…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH Good (hasan)Hasan حسن The hadith No. 2883
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH Good (hasan)Hasan The hadith No. 2883
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH Good chain (hasan)Isnaad Hasan The chain only No. 2883
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH Good (hasan)Hasan The hadith No. 2883

Other versions

Good (hasan) Mishkat al-Masabih 3077

‘Amr b. Shu'aib, on his father’s authority, said his grandfather told that al-‘As b. Wa’il left in his will that a hundred slaves should be emancipated on his behalf. His son Hisham emancipated fifty slaves and his son ‘Amr intended to emancipate the remaining fifty on his behalf, but decided first…

وَعَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَنَّ الْعَاصَ بْنَ وَائِلٍ أَوْصَى أَنْ يُعْتَقَ عَنْهُ مِائَةُ رَقَبَةٍ فَأَعْتَقَ ابْنُهُ هِشَامٌ خَمْسِينَ رَقَبَةً فَأَرَادَ ابْنُهُ عَمْرٌو أَنْ يُعْتِقَ…

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  • السنن الكبرى للبيهقي (11703)أَبِي أَوْصَى أَنْ يُعْتَقَ عَنْهُ مِائَةُ رَقَبَةٍ ، وَإِنَّ هِشَامًا أَعْتَقَ عَنْهُ خَمْسِينَ , وَبَقِيَتْ عَلَيْهِ خَمْسُونَ ، أَفَأَعْتِقُ عَنْهُ ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ : إِنَّهُ لَوْ كَانَ مُسْلِمًا فَأَعْتَقْتُمْ ، أَوْ تَصَدَّقْتُمْ عَنْهُ ، أَوْ حَجَجْتُمْ عَنْهُ ، بَلَغَهُ ذَلِكَ
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