أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَقَ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ هُرْمُزَ قَالَ کَتَبَ نَجْدَةُ إِلَی ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ سَهْمِ ذِي الْقُرْبَی لِمَنْ هُوَ قَالَ يَزِيدُ بْنُ هُرْمُزَ وَأَنَا کَتَبْتُ کِتَابَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِلَی نَجْدَةَ کَتَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ کَتَبْتَ تَسْأَلُنِي عَنْ سَهْمِ ذِي الْقُرْبَی لِمَنْ هُوَ وَهُوَ لَنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَقَدْ کَانَ عُمَرُ دَعَانَا إِلَی أَنْ يُنْکِحَ مِنْهُ أَيِّمَنَا وَيُحْذِيَ مِنْهُ عَائِلَنَا وَيَقْضِيَ مِنْهُ عَنْ غَارِمِنَا فَأَبَيْنَا إِلَّا أَنْ يُسَلِّمَهُ لَنَا وَأَبَی ذَلِکَ فَتَرَکْنَاهُ عَلَيْهِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4149
It was narrated that Yazid bin Hurmuz said: “Najdah wrote to Ibn ‘Abbas and asked him about the share of the relatives (of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم), to whom should it be given?” Yazid bin Hurmuz said: “I wrote down the letter of Ibn ‘Abbas to Najdah in which he said: ‘You have written asking me about the share of the relatives (of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم to whom should it be given? It is for us, the members of the household (Ahl Al-Bait). ‘Umar used to offer to help the single among us (to get married), and to give some to our poor and to pay off the debts of our debtors. We insisted that he should give it to us, but he refused, and we left it at that.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020