24/4. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1625b — Ownership of Life Grant
The 'Umra (Lifelong Gift)
Ownership of Life Grant in Hadith: A Gift That Passes to Successors
Sahih Muslim : 1625b
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1625b
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ، قَالاَ أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " مَنْ أَعْمَرَ رَجُلاً عُمْرَى لَهُ وَلِعَقِبِهِ فَقَدْ قَطَعَ قَوْلُهُ حَقَّهُ فِيهَا وَهِيَ لِمَنْ أُعْمِرَ وَلِعَقِبِهِ " . غَيْرَ أَنَّ يَحْيَى قَالَ فِي أَوَّلِ حَدِيثِهِ " أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ أُعْمِرَ عُمْرَى فَهِيَ لَهُ وَلِعَقِبِهِ " .
Jabir bin `Abdullah Narrated from:
Jaber b. 'Abdullah (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: He who conferred a life grant upon a person, it becomes his possession and that of his successors, for he surrendered his right in that by his declaration. (This property) now belongs to one to whom this lifelong grant has been made, and to his successors. Yahya narrated in the beginning of his narration: Whatever man is given a life grant, then it belongs to him and his posterity.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1625bIn-book reference : Book 24, Hadith 27USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 12, Hadith 3973
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1625b
This Hadith about ownership of life grant explains that when someone gives a life grant to another person, it becomes the possession of that person and his successors. The report says the giver has surrendered his right by his own declaration. This is an important point because the Hadith focuses on the spoken act of giving. Once the life grant is made in this form, the property is no longer treated as something the donor may reclaim. It belongs to the one who received it, and then to his successors. The same meaning is also given in the wording that whatever man is given a life grant, it belongs to him and his posterity.
What we learn from this hadith
- A life grant becomes the possession of the one who receives it.
- The donor gives up his right through his own declaration.
- The recipient's successors are included in this type of grant.
- Clear words of giving carry weight in this Hadith.
