حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَکْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا وَکِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَيَّاشِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبِيعَةَ الزُّرَقِيِّ عَنْ حَکِيمِ بْنِ حَکِيمِ بْنِ عَبَّادِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا رَمَی رَجُلًا بِسَهْمٍ فَقَتَلَهُ وَلَيْسَ لَهُ وَارِثٌ إِلَّا خَالٌ فَکَتَبَ فِي ذَلِکَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ إِلَی عُمَرَ فَکَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ عُمَرُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ مَوْلَی مَنْ لَا مَوْلَی لَهُ وَالْخَالُ وَارِثُ مَنْ لَا وَارِثَ لَهُ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 2737
It was narrated from Abu Umamah bin Sahl bin Hunaif that a man shot an arrow at another man and killed him, and he had no heir except a maternal uncle. Abu 'Ubaidah bin Jarrah wrote to 'Umar about that, and 'Umar wrote back to him saying that the Prophet said: U Allah and His Messenger are the guardians of the one who has no guardian, and the maternal uncle is the heir of one who has no other heir." (Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020