Hadith 22

Sahih Muslim

Book 23: The Book of the Rules of Inheritance

Chapter 4

Whoever Leaves Behind Wealth, It Is For His Heirs

باب مَنْ تَرَكَ مَالاً فَلِوَرَثَتِهِ ‏‏

Sahih Muslim 1619e
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَدِيٍّ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا حَازِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ قَالَ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ مَنْ تَرَكَ مَالاً فَلِلْوَرَثَةِ وَمَنْ تَرَكَ كَلاًّ فَإِلَيْنَا ‏"
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying:

He who leaves property, that is for the inheritors; and he who leaves behind destitute children, then it is my responsibility (to look after them).