Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2728
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، يَقُولُ مَرِضْتُ فَأَتَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَعُودُنِي هُوَ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ مَعَهُ وَهُمَا مَاشِيَانِ وَقَدْ أُغْمِيَ عَلَىَّ فَتَوَضَّأَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَصَبَّ عَلَىَّ مِنْ وَضُوئِهِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ كَيْفَ أَقْضِي فِي مَالِي حَتَّى نَزَلَتْ آيَةُ الْمِيرَاثِ فِي آخِرِ النِّسَاءِ {وَإِنْ كَانَ رَجُلٌ يُورَثُ كَلاَلَةً} الآيَةَ وَ {يَسْتَفْتُونَكَ قُلِ اللَّهُ يُفْتِيكُمْ فِي الْكَلاَلَةِ} الآيَةَ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Hishām ibn ʿAmmār narrated to us: Sufyān narrated to us, from Muḥammad ibn al-Munkadir, who heard Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh say: I fell ill, and the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, came to visit me with Abū Bakr. They were walking, and I had lost consciousness. The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, performed ablution and poured some of its water over me. I said, “Messenger of God, what should I do? How should I dispose of my property?” Then the inheritance verse at the end of Sūrat al-Nisāʾ was revealed: “If a man is inherited from as kalālah...” and “They ask you for a ruling. Say: God gives you a ruling concerning kalālah...”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Kalālah refers here to an inheritance case in which no parent or child survives.