Narrated Abu Bakr: Abut Tufayl said: Fatimah came to Abu Bakr asking him for the inheritance of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم . Abu Bakr said: I heard the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم say: If Allah, Most High, gives a Prophet some means of sustenance, that goes to his successor.

Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as saying: Do not distribute dinars among my heirs: Whatever I left after contribution to my wives and provisions for my governor is sadaqah (alms). Abu Dawud said: 'Amil means the workers or laborers on the land (i. e. peasants).

Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab: AbulBakhtari said: I heard from a man a tradition which I liked. I said to him: Write it down for me. So he brought it clearly written to me. (It says): Al-Abbas and Ali entered upon Umar when Talhah, az-Zubayr, Abdur Rahman and Saad were with him. They (Abbas and Ali) were disputing. Umar said to Talhah, az-Zubayr, Abdur Rahman and Saad: Do you not know that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: All the property of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم is sadaqah (alms), except what he provided for his family for their sustenance and their clothing. We are not to be inherited. They said: Yes, indeed. He said: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم used to spend from his property on his family, and give the residue as sadaqah (alms). The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم then died, and Abu Bakr ruled for two years. He would deal with it in the same manner as the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم did. He then mentioned a little from the tradition of Malik ibn Aws.

Narrated Aishah: When the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم died, the wives of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم intended to send Uthman bin Affan to Abu Bakr to ask him their cost of living from (the inheritance of) the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم . Thereupon Aishah said: Did not the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم say: We are not inherited. Whatever we leave is sadaqah.

A similar tradition has been narrated by Ibn Shihab through a different chain of narrators. This version says: I said: Do you not fear Allah ? Did you not hear the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم say: We are not inherited. Whatever we leave is sadaqah (alms). This property belongs to the family of Muhammad for their emergent needs and their guest. When I die, it will go to him who becomes ruler after me.