Hadith 27701

Chapter 3

باب 3

(3) باب قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ نُورَثُ مَا تَرَكْنَا صَدَقَةٌ "

(3) Chapter: "Our property is not to be inherited, and whatever we leave is Sadaqa." (AR)
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حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لاَ يَقْتَسِمُ وَرَثَتِي دِينَارًا، مَا تَرَكْتُ بَعْدَ نَفَقَةِ نِسَائِي وَمُؤْنَةِ عَامِلِي فَهْوَ صَدَقَةٌ ".

Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Not even a single Dinar of my property should be distributed (after my deaths to my inheritors, but whatever I leave excluding the provision for my wives and my servants, should be spent in charity." (AR)

Reference (AR): Sahih al-Bukhari 6729 (AR)

In-book reference (AR): Book 85, Hadith 6 (AR)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Vol. 8, Book 80, Hadith 721 (AR)