Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 2897

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Sunan Abi Dawud 2897
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ، قَالَ أَيُّكُمْ يَعْلَمُ مَا وَرَّثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم الْجَدَّ فَقَالَ مَعْقِلُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ أَنَا وَرَّثَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم السُّدُسَ ‏.‏ قَالَ مَعَ مَنْ قَالَ لاَ أَدْرِي ‏.‏ قَالَ لاَ دَرَيْتَ فَمَا تُغْنِي إِذًا ‏.‏

Translation

Wahb ibn Baqiyyah narrated to us, from Khalid, from Yunus, from al-Hasan, that 'Umar said: ‘Which of you knows what inheritance share the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) assigned to a grandfather?’ Ma'qil ibn Yasar said: ‘I do. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) assigned him one-sixth.’ 'Umar asked: ‘Alongside whom?’ He replied: ‘I do not know.’ 'Umar said: ‘Then you do not know—so what use is that?’’