حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ أَسْوَدَ الْعِجْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی بْنُ آدَمَ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيکٌ عَنْ جِبْرِيلَ بْنِ أَحْمَرَ أَبِي بَکْرٍ عَنْ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ مَاتَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ خُزَاعَةَ فَأُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِمِيرَاثِهِ فَقَالَ الْتَمِسُوا لَهُ وَارِثًا أَوْ ذَا رَحِمٍ فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا لَهُ وَارِثًا وَلَا ذَا رَحِمٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَعْطُوهُ الْکُبْرَ مِنْ خُزَاعَةَ وَقَالَ يَحْيَی قَدْ سَمِعْتُهُ مَرَّةً يَقُولُ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ انْظُرُوا أَکْبَرَ رَجُلٍ مِنْ خُزَاعَةَ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 2904
Narrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib: A man of Khuzaah died and his estate was brought to the Prophet ﷺ. He said: Look for his heir or some relative. But they found neither heir nor relative. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Give it to the leading man of Khuzaah. The narrator Yahya said: Sometimes I heard him (al-Husayn ibn Aswad) say in this tradition: Look for the greatest man of Khuzaah.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020