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(mother of the believers) After the death of Allah 's Apostle Fatima the daughter of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
asked Abu Bakr As-Siddiq to give her, her share of inheritance from what Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had left of
the Fai (i.e. booty gained without fighting) which Allah had given him. Abu Bakr said to her, "Allah's
Apostle said, 'Our property will not be inherited, whatever we (i.e. prophets) leave is Sadaqa (to be
used for charity)." Fatima, the daughter of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) got angry and stopped speaking to Abu
Bakr, and continued assuming that attitude till she died. Fatima remained alive for six months after the
death of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ).
She used to ask Abu Bakr for her share from the property of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) which he left at Khaibar,
and Fadak, and his property at Medina (devoted for charity). Abu Bakr refused to give her that
property and said, "I will not leave anything Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to do, because I am afraid that if I
left something from the Prophet's tradition, then I would go astray." (Later on) `Umar gave the
Prophet's property (of Sadaqa) at Medina to `Ali and `Abbas, but he withheld the properties of
Khaibar and Fadak in his custody and said, "These two properties are the Sadaqa which Allah's
Apostle used to use for his expenditures and urgent needs. Now their management is to be entrusted to
the ruler." (Az-Zuhri said, "They have been managed in this way till today.")
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 57, Hadith 2
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I got a she-camel in my share of the war booty on the day (of the battle) of Badr, and the Prophet (ﷺ) had
given me a she-camel from the Khumus. When I intended to marry Fatima, the daughter of Allah's
Apostle, I had an appointment with a goldsmith from the tribe of Bani Qainuqa' to go with me to bring
Idhkhir (i.e. grass of pleasant smell) and sell it to the goldsmiths and spend its price on my wedding
party. I was collecting for my she-camels equipment of saddles, sacks and ropes while my two shecamels
were kneeling down beside the room of an Ansari man. I returned after collecting whatever I
collected, to see the humps of my two she-camels cut off and their flanks cut open and some portion
of their livers was taken out. When I saw that state of my two she-camels, I could not help weeping. I
asked, "Who has done this?" The people replied, "Hamza bin `Abdul Muttalib who is staying with
some Ansari drunks in this house." I went away till I reached the Prophet (ﷺ) and Zaid bin Haritha was
with him. The Prophet (ﷺ) noticed on my face the effect of what I had suffered, so the Prophet (ﷺ) asked.
"What is wrong with you." I replied, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I have never seen such a day as today.
Hamza attacked my two she-camels, cut off their humps, and ripped open their flanks, and he is sitting
there in a house in the company of some drunks." The Prophet (ﷺ) then asked for his covering sheet, put it
on, and set out walking followed by me and Zaid bin Haritha till he came to the house where Hamza
was. He asked permission to enter, and they allowed him, and they were drunk. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) started
rebuking Hamza for what he had done, but Hamza was drunk and his eyes were red. Hamza looked at
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and then he raised his eyes, looking at his knees, then he raised up his eyes looking at
his umbilicus, and again he raised up his eyes look in at his face. Hamza then said, "Aren't you but the
slaves of my father?" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) realized that he was drunk, so Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) retreated, and we
went out with him.
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While I was at home, the sun rose high and it got hot. Suddenly the messenger of `Umar bin Al-
Khattab came to me and said, "The chief of the believers has sent for you." So, I went along with him
till I entered the place where `Umar was sitting on a bedstead made of date-palm leaves and covered
with no mattress, and he was leaning over a leather pillow. I greeted him and sat down. He said, "O
Mali! Some persons of your people who have families came to me and I have ordered that a gift
should be given to them, so take it and distribute it among them." I said, "O chief of the believers! I
wish that you order someone else to do it." He said, "O man! Take it." While I was sitting there with
him, his doorman Yarfa' came saying, "`Uthman, `Abdur-Rahman bin `Auf, Az-Zubair and Sa`d bin
Abi Waqqas are asking your permission (to see you); may I admit them?"
`Umar said, "Yes", So they were admitted and they came in, greeted him, and sat down. After a while
Yarfa' came again and said, "May I admit `Ali and `Abbas?" `Umar said, "yes." So, they were
admitted and they came in and greeted (him) and sat down. Then `Abbas said, "O chief of the
believers! Judge between me and this (i.e. `Ali)." They had a dispute regarding the property of Bani
An-Nadir which Allah had given to His Apostle as Fai. The group (i.e. `Uthman and his companions)
said, "O chief of the believers! Judge between them and relieve both of them front each other." `Umar
said, "Be patient! I beseech you by Allah by Whose Permission the Heaven and the Earth exist, do
you know that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'Our (i.e. prophets') property will not be inherited, and whatever
we leave, is Sadaqa (to be used for charity),' and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) meant himself (by saying "we'')?"
The group said, "He said so." `Umar then turned to `Ali and `Abbas and said, "I beseech you by Allah,
do you know that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said so?" They replied, " He said so." `Umar then said, "So, I will
talk to you about this matter. Allah bestowed on His Apostle with a special favor of something of this
Fai (booty) which he gave to nobody else." `Umar then recited the Holy Verses: "What Allah
bestowed as (Fai) Booty on his Apostle (Muhammad) from them --- for this you made no expedition
with either cavalry or camelry: But Allah gives power to His Apostles over whomever He will 'And
Allah is able to do all things." 9:6)
`Umar added "So this property was especially given to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), but, by Allah, neither did he
take possession of it and leave your, nor did he favor himself with it to your exclusion, but he gave it
to all of you and distributed it amongst you till this property remained out of it. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used
to spend the yearly expenses of his family out of this property and used to keep the rest of its revenue
to be spent on Allah 's Cause. Allah 's Apostle kept on doing this during all his lifetime. I ask you by
Allah do you know this?" They replies in the affirmative. `Umar then said to `Ali and `Abbas. "I ask
you by Allah, do you know this?" `Umar added, "When Allah had taken His Prophet unto Him, 'Abu
Bakr said, 'I am the successor of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) so, Abu Bakr took over that property and managed it
in the same way as Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to do, and Allah knows that he was true, pious and rightlyguided,
and he was a follower of what was right.
Then Allah took Abu Bakr unto Him and I became Abu Bakr's successor, and I kept that property in
my possession for the first two years of my Caliphate, managing it in the same way as Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
used to do and as Abu Bakr used to do, and Allah knows that I have been true, pious, rightly guided,
and a follower of what is right. Now you both (i.e. 'Ah and `Abbas) came to talk to me, bearing the
same claim and presenting the same case; you, `Abbas, came to me asking for your share from your
nephew's property, and this man, i.e. `Ali, came to me asking for his wife's share from her father's
property. I told you both that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'Our (prophets') properties are not to be inherited,
but what we leave is Sadaqa (to be used for charity).'
When I thought it right that I should hand over this property to you, I said to you, 'I am ready to hand
over this property to you if you wish, on the condition that you would take Allah's Pledge and
Convention that you would manage it in the same way as Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to, and as Abu Bakr
used to do, and as I have done since I was in charge of it.' So, both of you said (to me), 'Hand it over
to us,' and on that condition I handed it over to you. So, I ask you by Allah, did I hand it over to them
on this condition?" The group aid, "Yes." Then `Umar faced `Ali and `Abbas saying, "I ask you by
Allah, did I hand it over to you on this condition?" They said, "Yes. " He said, " Do you want now to
give a different decision? By Allah, by Whose Leave both the Heaven and the Earth exist, I will never
give any decision other than that (I have already given). And if you are unable to manage it, then
return it to me, and I will do the job on your behalf."