Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2112
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، قال: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، وَابْنُ، نُمَيْرٍ وَوَكِيعٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ، وَقَالَ، بَعْضُهُمْ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ تَمِيمٍ الدَّارِيِّ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَا السُّنَّةُ فِي الرَّجُلِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الشِّرْكِ يُسْلِمُ عَلَى يَدَىْ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " هُوَ أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِمَحْيَاهُ وَمَمَاتِهِ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ وَيُقَالُ ابْنُ مَوْهَبٍ عَنْ تَمِيمٍ الدَّارِيِّ . وَقَدْ أَدْخَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَيْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ وَبَيْنَ تَمِيمٍ الدَّارِيِّ قَبِيصَةَ بْنَ ذُؤَيْبٍ وَلاَ يَصِحُّ رَوَاهُ يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمْزَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ عُمَرَ وَزَادَ فِيهِ قَبِيصَةَ بْنَ ذُؤَيْبٍ وَهُوَ عِنْدِي لَيْسَ بِمُتَّصِلٍ . وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ عِنْدَ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ يُجْعَلُ مِيرَاثُهُ فِي بَيْتِ الْمَالِ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ الشَّافِعِيِّ وَاحْتَجَّ بِحَدِيثِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَنَّ الْوَلاَءَ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Kurayb narrated to us; Abu Usamah, Ibn Numayr, and Waki‘ narrated to us, from ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz, from ‘Abd Allah ibn Mawhab—some say Ibn Wahb—from Tamim al-Dari, who said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), ‘What is the practice concerning a man from among the polytheists who accepts Islam at the hands of a Muslim?’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘He is the person closest to him in life and in death.’ Abu ‘Isa said: We know this hadith only through the narration of ‘Abd Allah ibn Wahb—also said to be Ibn Mawhab—from Tamim al-Dari. Some inserted Qabisah ibn Dhu’ayb between ‘Abd Allah ibn Wahb and Tamim, but that is not sound. Yahya ibn Hamzah narrated it from ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn ‘Umar and added Qabisah ibn Dhu’ayb; in my view that chain is not connected. Some scholars act according to this hadith. Others place the inheritance in the public treasury; this is al-Shafi‘i’s view, based on the Prophet’s statement, ‘Al-wala’ belongs to the one who emancipated.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source records variants between Ibn Mawhab and Ibn Wahb and notes that inserting Qabisah ibn Dhu’ayb is not sound and, in Abu ‘Isa’s view, leaves the chain disconnected. It also reports differing practice concerning the convert’s estate.
قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ وَيُقَالُ ابْنُ مَوْهَبٍ عَنْ تَمِيمٍ الدَّارِيِّ .
The source records competing transmitter names and rejects the insertion of Qabisah ibn Dhu’ayb as unsound and disconnected.
Should these chain variants and judgments remain explicit? They are translated from the source.
وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ عِنْدَ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ يُجْعَلُ مِيرَاثُهُ فِي بَيْتِ الْمَالِ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ الشَّافِعِيِّ وَاحْتَجَّ بِحَدِيثِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَنَّ الْوَلاَءَ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ " .
The witness omits extensive transmission criticism and the differing legal practice on the estate, including al-Shafi‘i’s position.
Should the full compiler commentary be translated? It is included here.