Hazrat Sha’bah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I asked Hazrat Hammad about a person who lived in a house for some time, then some people came and presented witnesses that this house belonged to their ancestors? He replied: No, until they present witnesses for this, the house still belongs to the one living in it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Harith that when a house belongs to one person and people wish to divide it, it will be divided in the same manner as the inheritance of a deceased person is divided. If anyone claims a larger share for himself, then it will be necessary for him to bring witnesses that so-and-so gave it to him as charity or as a gift, or that so-and-so sold it to him. Then, if the people of the community wish to divide it, indeed it will be divided for the owner of the plot according to the inheritance of the deceased, and then if any person among the heirs or others claims more than the share he received from the inheritance, then it is upon him to bring witnesses for what he is claiming, that so-and-so gave it to him as charity, or it was gifted to him, or it was sold to him for such and such amount. And if among the sons of the deceased, the wife or husband demands the share that belonged to some of them, then they will be required to provide testimony that such and such person became the heir of such and such, or such and such woman became the heir of such and such, or the owner of the plot died before this. If the woman died before, then this woman will be the heir and will receive her share, and if any son of the owner of the plot claims in it and denies the shares that are in the possession of those people, then the claimant is responsible for providing testimony that so-and-so died before so-and-so, and so-and-so became the heir, and after that, I became the heir. And if the heirs admit that the woman is the wife of the owner of the house and she claims her share from the family of the owner, then it will be established upon them, and if they say that she was divorced before death, then it is upon them to bring witnesses that he had divorced her, otherwise, inheritance will be obligatory for her. And if the house was purchased and is in the possession of some people, then it will belong to those in whose possession it is, and if anyone claims in it, then it is obligatory upon him to provide testimony that he has a right in it.

Hazrat Aamir says that the thing I find most strange about people is when they say that so-and-so has just today given testimony that this property belongs to so-and-so.