Muwatta 1476

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A report that Malik transmits from Ibn Shihab from Ali ibn Husayn, who told him that Aqil and Talib inherited from Abu Talib, but Ali did not inherit from him. He said: that is why we gave up our share of the valley. ¹

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Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Inheritance Shares. Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Ali ibn al-Husayn al-Sajjad, Aqil ibn Abi Talib, Talib ibn Abi Talib and Ali ibn Abi Talib. Built on in the chapters on inheritance shares.

The Writing of the Diwan and the Stipend

Umar consulted the Muslims on writing a diwan — Ali: 'divide each year all you gather, keep nothing'; Uthman: 'much wealth — uncounted, who took and who did not will go unmarked'; al-Walid ibn Hisham ibn al-Mughira: 'I saw Syria's kings with a diwan and an army — write a diwan, raise an army'. He took the last, and called Quraysh's genealogists — Aqil ibn Abi Talib, Makhrama ibn Nawfal, Jubayr ibn Mut'im — 'write the people by their ranks'. They began with Banu Hashim, then Abu Bakr's folk, then Umar's by the caliphate — 'I would it were so,' said Umar, 'but begin with the Prophet's kin, nearest then nearest, till you set Umar where God set him'. Banu Adi came arguing for his primacy — 'bakh, bakh, Banu Adi: you would eat off my back and take my hasanat — my two companions walked a road and I will not differ; we won favour and reward only through Muhammad, our honour and the noblest Arabs, then nearest then nearest; by God, if the Ajam come with works and we without, they are worthier of him on the Last Day — the slow of deed is not sped by lineage'.

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The Writing of the Diwan and the Stipend