Sunan Abi Dawud · Wages (Kitab Al-Ijarah)
باب مَنْ قَالَ فِيهِ وَلِعَقِبِهِ
Chapter: Life-Long Gift With Mention Of Descendants.
5 hadith · references 3553–3557
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Abu Dawud · 3553أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ أُعْمِرَ عُمْرَى لَهُ وَلِعَقِبِهِ ، فَإِنَّهَا لِلَّذِي يُعْطَاهَا لَا تَرْجِعُ إِلَى الَّذِي أَعْطَاهَا ، لِأَنَّهُ أَعْطَى عَطَاءً وَقَعَتْ فِيهِ الْمَوَارِيثُNarrated Jabir: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: If anyone has property given him in life-tenancy for the use of himself and his descendants, it belongs to the one to whom it is given and does not return to the one wh7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3554حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَبِي يَعْقُوبَ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي ، عَنْ صَالِحٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ وَمَعْنَاهُ ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : وَكَذَلِكَ رَوَاهُ عَقِيلٌ ، عَنِ ابْنِ The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Ibn Shihab (Al-Zuhri) through a different chain of narrators and to the same effect. Abu Dawud said: A similar tradition has been transmitted by Aqil from Ibn Sh5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3555إِنَّمَا الْعُمْرَى الَّتِي أَجَازَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يَقُولَ : هِيَ لَكَ وَلِعَقِبِك ، فَأَمَّا إِذَا قَالَ : هِيَ لَكَ مَا عِشْتَ فَإِنَّهَا تَرْجِعُ إِلَى صَاحِبِهَاNarrated Jabir bin Abdullah: The life-tenancy which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ allowed was only that one should say: It is for you and your descendants. When he says: It is yours as long as you live, it returns to its owne6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3556لَا تُرْقِبُوا ، وَلَا تُعْمِرُوا ، فَمَنْ أُرْقِبَ شَيْئًا ، أَوْ أُعْمِرَهُ فَهُوَ لِوَرَثَتِهِNarrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: The Prophet ﷺ said: Do not give property to go to the survivor and do not give life-tenancy. If anyone is given something to the survivor or given life-tenancy, it goes to his heirs.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3557قَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي امْرَأَةٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ ، أَعْطَاهَا ابْنُهَا حَدِيقَةً مِنْ نَخْلٍ ، فَمَاتَتْ ، فَقَالَ ابْنُهَا : إِنَّمَا أَعْطَيْتُهَا حَيَاتَهَا ، وَلَهُ إِخْوَةٌ ، فNarrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ decided a case of a woman from the Ansar to whom an orchard of date-palms was given by her son. She then died. Her son said: I gave it to her for her life, and she ha7 narrators