Jami’ at-Tirmidhi is one of the six major hadith collections in Sunni Islam, compiled by Imam Abu ‘Isa Muhammad at-Tirmidhi. It is notable for its classification of hadith based on authenticity and legal relevance, and includes commentary on the reliability of narrators and juristic differences among scholars.

Book 29, Chapters on Inheritance, discusses the Islamic laws governing inheritance and the shares allotted to heirs.

Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 29, Hadith 13

Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 29, Hadith 13 ‘Abdullah bin Mas’ud said, about the grandmother along with her daughter: “The Messenger of Allah(S.A.W) gave the first grandmother, along with her son, a sixth for them to consume while her son was living.” حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَرَفَةَ، قال حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، […]

Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 29, Hadith 14

Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 29, Hadith 14 Abu Umamah bin Sahl bin Hunaif said: “‘Umar bin Al-Khattab sent me with a letter to Abu’Ubaidah (saying) that The Messenger of Allah(S.A.W) said : ‘Allah and His Messenger are responsible for the one who has no patron. And the maternal uncle inherits from the one who has no […]

Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 29, Hadith 15

Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 29, Hadith 15 Aishah narrated that the Messenger of Allah(S.A.W) said: “The maternal uncle inherits from the one who has no heirs.” أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، قال: أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ طَاوُسٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ “‏ الْخَالُ […]

Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 29, Hadith 16

Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 29, Hadith 16 Aishah narrated that a freed slave of the Prophet (s.a.w) fell from foliage on a date-palm and died. So the Prophet (S.A.W) said: “See if he has any heirs.” They said: “No.” He said: ‘Pay it to someone among the people of the town.” حَدَّثَنَا بُنْدَارٌ، قال: حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ […]

Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 29, Hadith 17

Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 29, Hadith 17 Ibn ‘Abbas narrated that : a man died during the time of the Messenger of Allah(S.A.W) ,and he did not leave any heirs except for a slave that he had freed. So the Prophet gave him his inheritance حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، قال: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ، […]

Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 29, Hadith 18

Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 29, Hadith 18 Usamah bin Zaid narrated that the Messenger of Allah(S.A.W) said: “The Muslim does not inherit from the disbeliever, nor the disbeliever from the Muslim.” Another chain reports a similar narration. حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمَخْزُومِيُّ، وَغَيْرُ، وَاحِدٍ، قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا […]

Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 29, Hadith 19

Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 29, Hadith 19 Jabir narrated that the Prophet(S.A.W) said: “The people of two religions do not inherit from each other.” حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ، قال: حَدَّثَنَا حُصَيْنُ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ “‏ لاَ يَتَوَارَثُ أَهْلُ مِلَّتَيْنِ ‏”‏ […]

Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 29, Hadith 20

Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 29, Hadith 20 Abu Hurairah narrated that the Prophet(S.A.W) said: “The murderer will not inherit.” حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قال: حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ “‏ الْقَاتِلُ لاَ يَرِثُ ‏”‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى […]

Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 29, Hadith 21

Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 29, Hadith 21 Sa’eed bin Al-Musayyab said: “‘Umar said: ‘The blood-money is upon the ‘Aqilah, and the wife does not inherit anything from the blood-money of her husband.’ So Ad-Dahhak bin Sufyan Al-Kilabi informed him that the Messenger of Allah(S.A.W) wrote to him, (saying) to give the wife of Ashyam Ad-Dababi the […]

Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 29, Hadith 22

Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 29, Hadith 22 Abu Hurairah narrated that : the Messenger of Allah(S.A.W) judged the payment of a Gurrah male or female slave in the case of a woman’s fetus from Banu Libyan which miscarried. Then the woman who was required to give the Gurrah died, so the Messenger of Allah(S.A.W) judged that […]

Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 29, Hadith 23

Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 29, Hadith 23 Abudullah bin Mawhab – and some of them said- ‘Abdullah bin Wahb, narrated from Tamim Ad-Dari who said: ‘I asked the Messenger of Allah(S.A.W): What is the Sunnah regarding a man among the people of the Shirk who accepts Islam at the hand of a man among the Muslims?’ […]

Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 29, Hadith 24

Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 29, Hadith 24 Amr bin Shu’aib narrated from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah(S.A.W) said: “Any man who fornicates with a free woman, or a slave woman, then the child born from Zina does not inherit, nor is it inherited from.” حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قال حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ، عَنْ […]