Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 2973
حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفُضَيْلِ، عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ جُمَيْعٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الطُّفَيْلِ، قَالَ جَاءَتْ فَاطِمَةُ رضى الله عنها إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ رضى الله عنه تَطْلُبُ مِيرَاثَهَا مِنَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِذَا أَطْعَمَ نَبِيًّا طُعْمَةً فَهِيَ لِلَّذِي يَقُومُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu al-Tufayl reported: ‘Fatimah came to Abu Bakr asking him for her inheritance from the Prophet ﷺ. Abu Bakr said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘When Allah, Mighty and Majestic, grants a Prophet a source of sustenance, it belongs to the one who takes charge after him.’”’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic uses ṭu‘mah, a provision or source of sustenance, and al-ladhi yaqumu min ba‘dihi, the one who takes charge after him. The text states the report without specifying further the administrative implications.
قَالَ جَاءَتْ فَاطِمَةُ رضى الله عنها إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ رضى الله عنه تَطْلُبُ مِيرَاثَهَا مِنَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِذَا أَطْعَمَ نَبِيًّا طُعْمَةً فَهِيَ لِلَّذِي يَقُومُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ " .
The phrase ‘belongs to the one who takes charge after him’ may refer to the Prophet’s successor in administering the property rather than personal inheritance.
Should the English retain the literal phrase ‘the one who takes charge after him’ or use an administrative term such as ‘successor’?