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Jami' at-TirmidhiThe Book on Military Expeditions

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1608

Chapter: What Has Been Related About What The Messenger Of Allah (saws) Left Behind

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1608

Narrator:Abu Bakr as-Siddīq

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ جَاءَتْ فَاطِمَةُ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَقَالَتْ مَنْ يَرِثُكَ قَالَ أَهْلِي وَوَلَدِي ‏.‏ قَالَتْ فَمَا لِي لاَ أَرِثُ أَبِي فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏

"‏ لاَ نُورَثُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَلَكِنِّي أَعُولُ مَنْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَعُولُهُ وَأُنْفِقُ عَلَى مَنْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُنْفِقُ عَلَيْهِ ‏.‏

Narrated Abu Hurairah:

"Fatimah came to Abu Bakr and said: 'Who will inherit from you?' He said: 'My family and my son.' She said: 'So what about me? I do not get inheritance from my father?' So Abu Bakr said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: 'We are not inherited from' but I support those whom the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to support, and I spend upon those whom the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) spent upon."

[Abu 'Eisa said:] There are narrations on this topic from 'Umar, Talhah, Az-Zubair, 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Awf, Sa'd and 'Aishah.

The Hadith of Abu Hurairah is Hasan Gharib from this route. It is only reported with a chain by Hammad bin Salamah and 'Abdul Wahhab bin 'Ata, from Muhammad bin 'Amr, from Abu Salamah, from Abu Hurairah.

I asked Muhammad about this Hadith and he said: "No one is known to have reported it from Muhammad bin 'Amr, from Abu Salamah, from Abu Hurairah except from Hammad bin Salamah. 'Abdul Wahhab bin 'Ata reported it from Muhammad bib 'Amr, from Abu Salamah, and from Abu Hurairah and it is similar to the narration of Hammad bin Salamah. And this Hadith has been reported through other routes from Abu Bakr As-Siddiq, from the Prophet (ﷺ).

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 1608).

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Classical commentary

Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( لَا نُورَثُ ) بِفَتْحِ الرَّاءِ وَيَصِحُّ الْكَسْرُ , وَحِكْمَتُهُ أَنَّهُمْ كَالْآبَاءِ لِلْأُمَّةِ فَمَالُهُمْ لِكُلِّهِمْ , أَوْ لِئَلَّا يُظَنُّ بِهِمْ الرَّغْبَةُ فِي الدُّنْيَا لِوِرَاثَتِهِمْ. وَنِزَاعُ عَلِيٍّ وَعَبَّاسٍ قَبْلَ عِلْمِهِمَا بِالْحَدِيثِ وَبَعْدَهُ رَجَعَا , وَأَعْتَقِدُ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ بِدَلِيلِ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا لَمْ يُغَيِّرْ الْأَمْرَ حِينَ اُسْتُخْلِفَ فَإِنْ قُلْت : فَكَيْفَ نَازَعَا عُمَرَ ؟ قُلْت : طَالِبًا فِي التَّصَرُّفِ بَعْدَ أَنْ يَكُونَا مُتَصَرِّفِينَ بِالشَّرِكَةِ , وَكَرِهَ عُمَرُ الْقِسْمَةَ حَذَرًا مِنْ دَعْوَى الْمِلْكِ كَذَا فِي الْمَجْمَعِ ( لَكِنْ أَعْوَلُ مَنْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَعُولُهُ ) عَالَ…

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Scholars’ grades

The 4 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1608
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH Good chain (hasan)Isnaad Hasan The chain only No. 1608
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1608
Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf Good (hasan)Hasan The hadith No. 1608

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Good chain (hasan) Ash-Shama'il al-Muhammadiyya 401

“Fatima came to Abu Bakr and said: ‘Who will inherit from you?’ He said: ‘My wives and my offspring,’ so she said: ‘Why should I not inherit from my father?’ Abu Bakr said: ‘I heard Allah’s Messenger say (Allah bless him and give him peace): “We will not be inherited from,” but I support those whom…

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ‏:‏ جَاءَتْ…

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