Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 2886

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرًا، يَقُولُ مَرِضْتُ فَأَتَانِي النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَعُودُنِي هُوَ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ مَاشِيَيْنِ وَقَدْ أُغْمِيَ عَلَىَّ فَلَمْ أُكَلِّمْهُ فَتَوَضَّأَ وَصَبَّهُ عَلَىَّ فَأَفَقْتُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ فِي مَالِي وَلِي أَخَوَاتٌ قَالَ فَنَزَلَتْ آيَةُ الْمَوَارِيثِ ‏‏{‏ يَسْتَفْتُونَكَ قُلِ اللَّهُ يُفْتِيكُمْ فِي الْكَلاَلَةِ ‏}‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Ahmad ibn Hanbal narrated to us: Sufyan said: I heard Ibn al-Munkadir say that he heard Jabir say: ‘I fell ill, and the Prophet (ﷺ) and Abu Bakr came to visit me on foot. I had lost consciousness and could not speak to him. He performed ablution and poured the water over me, and I regained consciousness. I said: “Messenger of Allah, what should I do with my property? I have sisters.”’ Then the verse on inheritance was revealed: ‘They ask you for a ruling. Say: Allah gives you a ruling concerning kalalah [a person who dies without direct heirs].’’