Information for "SahihAlBukhari-017-001-6386"

Narrated Malik Bin Aus AlHadathan AlNasri: That once Umar Bin AlKhattab called him and while he was sitting with him; his gatekeeper; Yarfa came and said; Will you admit Uthman; Abdulrahman Bin Auf; AlZubair and Saad bin Abi Waqqas who are waiting for your permission? Umar said; Yes; let them come in. After a while; Yarfa- came again and said; Will you admit Ali and Abbas who are asking your permission? Umar said; Yes. So; when the two entered; Abbas said; O chief of the believers! Judge between me and this i.e. Ali. Both of them had a dispute regarding the property of Bani AlNadir which Allah had given to His Apostle as Fai i.e. booty gained without fighting ; Ali and Abbas started reproaching each other. The present people i.e. Uthman and his companions said; O chief of the believers! Give your verdict in their case and relieve each from the other. Umar said; Wait I beseech you; by Allah; by Whose Permission both the heaven and the earth stand fast! Do you know that Allah Messenger ﷺ said; We Prophets our properties are not to be inherited; and whatever we leave; is to be spent in charity; and he said it about himself? They i.e. Uthman and his company said; He did say it. Umar then turned towards Ali and Abbas and said; I beseech you both; by Allah! Do you know that Allah Messenger ﷺ said this? They replied in the affirmative. He said; Now I am talking to you about this matter. Allah the Glorified favored His Apostle with something of this Fai i.e. booty won without fighting which He did not give to anybody else. Allah said:- And what Allah gave to His Apostle Fai Booty from them-For which you made no expedition With either Calvary or camelry. But Allah gives power to His Apostles Over whomsoever He will And Allah is able to do all things. 59.6 So this property was especially granted to Allah Messenger ﷺ. But by Allah; the Prophet ﷺ neither took it all for himself only; nor deprived you of it; but he gave it to all of you and distributed it amongst you till only this remained out of it. And from this Allah Messenger ﷺ used to spend the yearly maintenance for his family; and whatever used to remain; he used to spend it where Allah Property is spent i.e. in charity ; Allah Messenger ﷺ kept on acting like that during all his life; Then he died; and Abu Bakr said; I am the successor of Allah Messenger ﷺ. So he i.e. Abu Bakr took charge of this property and disposed of it in the same manner as Allah Messenger ﷺ used to do; and all of you at that time knew all about it. Then Umar turned towards Ali and Abbas and said; You both remember that Abu Bakr disposed of it in the way you have described and Allah knows that; in that matter; he was sincere; pious; rightly guided and the follower of the right. Then Allah caused Abu Bakr to die and I said; I am the successor of Allah Messenger ﷺ and Abu Bakr. So I kept this property in my possession for the first two years of my rule i.e. Caliphate and I used to dispose of it in the same wa as Allah Messenger ﷺ and Abu Bakr used to do; and Allah knows that I have been sincere; pious; rightly guided an the follower of the right in this matte Later on both of you i.e. Ali and Abbas came to me; and the claim of you both was one and the same; O Abbas! You also came to me. So I told you both that Allah Messenger ﷺ said; Our property is not inherited; but whatever we leave is to be given in charity. Then when I thought that I should better hand over this property to you both or the condition that you will promise and pledge before Allah that you will dispose it off in the same way as Allah Messenger ﷺ and Abu Bakr did and as I have done since the beginning of my caliphate or else you should not speak to me about it. So; both of you said to me; Hand it over to us on this condition. And on this condition I handed it over to you. Do you want me now to give a decision other than that decision ? By Allah; with Whose Permission both the sky and the earth stand fast; I will never give any decision other than that decision till the Last Hour is established. But if you are unable to manage it i.e. that property ; then return it to me; and I will manage on your behalf. The sub-narrator said; I told Urwa Bin AlZubair of this Hadith and he said; Malik Bin Aus has told the truth I heard Aisha; the wife of the Prophet ﷺ saying; The wives of the Prophet ﷺ sent Uthman to Abu Bakr demanding from him their 1/8 of the Fai which Allah had granted to his Apostle. But I used to oppose them and say to them: Will you not fear Allah? Dont you know that the Prophet used to say: Our property is not inherited; but whatever we leave is to be given in charity? The Prophet ﷺ mentioned that regarding himself. He added: The family of Muhammad can take their sustenance from this property. So the wives of the Prophet ﷺ stopped demanding it when I told them of that. So; this property of Sadaqa was in the hands of Ali who withheld it from Abbas and overpowered him. Then it came in the hands ofAlHassan Bin Ali; then in the hands of Husain Bin Ali; and then in the hands of Ali Bin Husain andHassan BinHassan and each of the last two used to manage it in turn; then it came in the hands of Zaid BinHassan and it was truly the Sadaqa of Allah Apostle.