Bayan Al-Hadith › Sahih al-Bukhari › Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id)
Sahih al-Bukhari 6732صحيح البخاري 6732
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ طَاوُسٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " أَلْحِقُوا الْفَرَائِضَ بِأَهْلِهَا، فَمَا بَقِيَ فَهْوَ لأَوْلَى رَجُلٍ ذَكَرٍ ".
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Give the Fara'id (the shares of the inheritance that are prescribed in the Qur'an) to those who are entitled to receive it. Then whatever remains, should be given to the closest male relative of the deceased ."
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
موسى بن إسماعيل ← وهيب بن خالد بن عجلان ← عبد الله بن طاووس ← طاووس بن كيسان ← عبد الله بن عباس
Musa ibn Isma'il → Wuhayb ibn Khalid ibn Ajlan → Abdullah ibn Tawus → Tawus ibn Kaysan → Ibn `Abbas
