\nNarrated Malik bin Aus Al-Hadathan An-Nasri:\n\n
That once `Umar bin Al-Khattab called him and while he was sitting with him, his gatekeeper, Yarfa \ncame and said, \"Will you admit `Uthman, `Abdur-Rahman bin `Auf, AzZubair and Sa`d (bin Abi \nWaqqas) who are waiting for your permission?\" `Umar said, \"Yes, let them come in.\" After a while, \nYarfa- came again and said, \"Will you admit `Ali and `Abbas who are asking your permission?\" \n`Umar said, \"Yes.\" So, when the two entered, `Abbas said, \"O chief of the believers! Judge between \nme and this (i.e. `Ali). \"Both of them had a dispute regarding the property of Bani An-Nadir which \nAllah had given to His Apostle as Fai (i.e. booty gained without fighting), `Ali and `Abbas started \nreproaching each other. The (present) people (i.e. `Uthman and his companions) said, \"O chief of the \nbelievers! Give your verdict in their case and relieve each from) the other.\" `Umar said, \"Wait I \nbeseech you, by Allah, by Whose Permission both the heaven and the earth stand fast! Do you know \nthat Allah's Apostle said, 'We (Prophets) our properties are not to be inherited, and whatever we leave, \nis to be spent in charity,' and he said it about himself?\" They (i.e. `Uthman and his company) said, \"He \ndid say it. \"`Umar then turned towards `Ali and `Abbas and said, \"I beseech you both, by Allah! Do \nyou know that Allah's Apostle said this?\" They replied in the affirmative. He said, \"Now I am talking \nto you about this matter. Allah the Glorified favored His Apostle with something of this Fai (i.e. booty \nwon without fighting) which He did not give to anybody else. Allah said:-- \n\"And what Allah gave to His Apostle (\"Fai\"\" Booty) from them--For which you made no expedition \nWith either Calvary or camelry. But Allah gives power to His Apostles Over whomsoever He will \nAnd Allah is able to do all things.\" (59.6) \nSo this property was especially granted to Allah's Apostle . But by Allah, the Prophet neither took it \nall for himself only, nor deprived you of it, but he gave it to all of you and distributed it amongst you \ntill only this remained out of it. And from this Allah's Apostle used to spend the yearly maintenance \nfor his family, and whatever used to remain, he used to spend it where Allah's Property is spent (i.e. in \ncharity), Allah's Apostle kept on acting like that during all his life, Then he died, and Abu Bakr said, 'I \nam the successor of Allah's Apostle.' So he (i.e. Abu Bakr) took charge of this property and disposed \nof it in the same manner as Allah's Apostle used to do, and all of you (at that time) knew all about it.\" \nThen `Umar turned towards `Ali and `Abbas and said, \"You both remember that Abu Bakr disposed of \nit in the way you have described and Allah knows that, in that matter, he was sincere, pious, rightly \nguided and the follower of the right. Then Allah caused Abu Bakr to die and I said, 'I am the successor \nof Allah's Apostle and Abu Bakr.' So I kept this property in my possession for the first two years of \nmy rule (i.e. Caliphate and I used to dispose of it in the same wa as Allah's Apostle and Abu Bakr \nused to do; and Allah knows that I have been sincere, pious, rightly guided an the follower of the right \n(in this matte Later on both of you (i.e. `Ali and `Abbas) came to me, and the claim of you both was \none and the same, O `Abbas! You also came to me. So I told you both that Allah's Apostle said, \"Our \nproperty is not inherited, but whatever we leave is to be given in charity.' \nThen when I thought that I should better hand over this property to you both or the condition that you \nwill promise and pledge before Allah that you will dispose it off in the same way as Allah's Apostle \nand Abu Bakr did and as I have done since the beginning of my caliphate or else you should not speak \nto me (about it).' So, both of you said to me, 'Hand it over to us on this condition.' And on this \ncondition I handed it over to you. Do you want me now to give a decision other than that (decision)? \nBy Allah, with Whose Permission both the sky and the earth stand fast, I will never give any decision \nother than that (decision) till the Last Hour is established. \nBut if you are unable to manage it (i.e. that property), then return it to me, and I will manage on your \nbehalf.\" The sub-narrator said, \"I told `Urwa bin Az-Zubair of this Hadith and he said, 'Malik bin Aus \nhas told the truth\" I heard `Aisha, the wife of the Prophet saying, 'The wives of the Prophet sent \n`Uthman to Abu Bakr demanding from him their 1/8 of the Fai which Allah had granted to his \nApostle. But I used to oppose them and say to them: Will you not fear Allah? Don't you know that the \nProphet used to say: Our property is not inherited, but whatever we leave is to be given in charity? \nThe Prophet mentioned that regarding himself. He added: 'The family of Muhammad can take their \nsustenance from this property. So the wives of the Prophet stopped demanding it when I told them of \nthat.' So, this property (of Sadaqa) was in the hands of `Ali who withheld it from `Abbas and \noverpowered him. Then it came in the hands of Hasan bin `Ali, then in the hands of Husain bin `Ali, \nand then in the hands of `Ali bin Husain and Hasan bin Hasan, and each of the last two used to \nmanage it in turn, then it came in the hands of Zaid bin Hasan, and it was truly the Sadaqa of Allah's \nApostle .\"","english_grade":"Sahih","last_updated":null,"xrefs":""}