Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1350
حَدَّثَنَا الأَنْصَارِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ أُعْمِرَ عُمْرَى لَهُ وَلِعَقِبِهِ فَإِنَّهَا لِلَّذِي يُعْطَاهَا لاَ تَرْجِعُ إِلَى الَّذِي أَعْطَاهَا لأَنَّهُ أَعْطَى عَطَاءً وَقَعَتْ فِيهِ الْمَوَارِيثُ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَهَكَذَا رَوَى مَعْمَرٌ وَغَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ مِثْلَ رِوَايَةِ مَالِكٍ . وَرَوَى بَعْضُهُمْ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ فِيهِ " وَلِعَقِبِهِ " . وَرُوِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ , عَنْ جَابِرٍ , عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " الْعُمْرَى جَائِزَةٌ لِأَهْلِهَا وَلَيْسَ فِيهَا لِعَقِبِهِ " , وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ , وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ قَالُوا إِذَا قَالَ هِيَ لَكَ حَيَاتَكَ وَلِعَقِبِكَ . فَإِنَّهَا لِمَنْ أُعْمِرَهَا لاَ تَرْجِعُ إِلَى الأَوَّلِ . وَإِذَا لَمْ يَقُلْ لِعَقِبِكَ فَهِيَ رَاجِعَةٌ إِلَى الأَوَّلِ إِذَا مَاتَ الْمُعْمَرُ . وَهُوَ قَوْلُ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ وَالشَّافِعِيِّ . وَرُوِيَ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " الْعُمْرَى جَائِزَةٌ لأَهْلِهَا " . وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ قَالُوا إِذَا مَاتَ الْمُعْمَرُ فَهِيَ لِوَرَثَتِهِ وَإِنْ لَمْ تُجْعَلْ لِعَقِبِهِ . وَهُوَ قَوْلُ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ وَأَحْمَدَ وَإِسْحَاقَ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Jābir reported that the Prophet said: “If a man grants another an ʿumrā gift for him and his descendants, it belongs to the recipient and does not return to the giver, because he has made a gift that passes through inheritance.” Abū ʿĪsā said: This is a ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ hadith. Maʿmar and others narrated it from al-Zuhrī like Mālik’s version. Some narrators omitted “and his descendants.” Other chains from Jābir state: “An ʿumrā gift is valid for its recipient, but not for his descendants.” Some scholars held that if the giver says, “It is yours for your lifetime and your descendants’ lifetimes,” the gift remains with the recipient’s heirs and does not return to the first owner. If he does not mention the descendants, it returns to the first owner when the recipient dies. This is the view of Mālik ibn Anas and al-Shāfiʿī. Other scholars held that when the recipient dies, it passes to his heirs even if the giver did not mention his descendants. This is the view of al-Thawrī, Aḥmad, and Isḥāq.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report records variant wordings that lead jurists to differing conclusions about an ʿumrā gift after the recipient’s death.