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The Book of the Rules of Inheritance

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كتاب الفرائض

Al-Bara' (رضي الله تعالى عنه) reported that the last verse revealed in the Holy Qur'an is - ِيَسْتَفْتُونَكَ قُل ََ لَهُ وَلَ لَةِ ۚ إِنِ امْرُؤٌ هَلَكَ لَيْسَّ ُ يُفْتِيكُمْ فِي الْكَالاللَّ ِ ثُهَا إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهَاَكَ ۚ وَ هُوَ يَرُ مَا تَردٌ وَلَهُ أُخْتٌ فَلَهَا نِصْف ِوَلَدٌ ۚ فَإِنْ كَانَتَا اثْنَتَيْنۗ ِْ ُنْثَيَيْنِ مِثْلُ حَظ ِ األً وَ نِسَاءً فَلِلذَّكَرِ جَاالَكَ ۚ وَإِنْ كَانُوا إِخْوَ ةً رفَلَهُمَا الثُّلُثَانِ مِمَّا تَر ٌَّ ُ بِكُل ِ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمِ لُّوا ۗ وََّللاَّ ُ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَضيُبَي ِنُ َّللا [They ask you (O' Prophet ﷺ) about Kalalah (a man who dies childless). Say, Allah has given a decision in the matter of inheritance. If a man dies and leaves no child behind but have a sister, she will get half of what he owned, as he would have done the whole of what she possessed if she had died childless. In case he has two sisters then they will get two-thirds of the heritage. But if he has both brothers and sisters, the male will inherit a share equal to that of two females. Allah makes this manifest to you, lest you wander astray, for Allah has knowledge of all the things.] (An-Nisa - 176).

Abu Ishaq narrated that he heard al-Bara' bin Azib (رضي الله تعالى عنه) say, ‘the last verse revealed is pertaining to Kalala, and the last sura revealed is Sura al-Bara'a (At-Tawba).

Abu Ishaq narrated that he heard al-Bara' bin Azib (رضي الله تعالى عنه) say, ‘the last complete sura revealed (in the Holy Qur'an) is Sura Tawba (al-Bara'a) and the last verse revealed is that pertaining to Kalala.

Abu Ishaq reported this Hadith on the authority of al-Bara bin Azib (رضي الله تعالى عنه) with a slight variation of words, viz. ‘the last complete sura that was revealed’.

Al-Bara' (رضي الله تعالى عنه) reported that the last verse revealed was - ۚ َِ لَةَّ ُ يُفْتِيكُمْ فِي الْكَاليَسْتَفْتُونَكَ قُلِ َّللاَُ لَهُ وَلَدٌ وَلَهإِنِ امْرُؤٌ هَلَكَ لَيْس َِ ثُهَا إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهَا وَلَدٌ ۚ فَإِنْ كَانَتَا اثْنَكَ ۚ وَهُوَ يَرُ مَا تَرأُخْتٌ فَلَهَا نِصْف ۚ ََكتَيْنِ فَلَهُمَا الثُّلُثَانِ مِمَّا تَرِ لُّوَّ ُ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَضْ ُنْثَيَيْنِ ۗ يُبَي ِنُ َّللاِ مِثْلُ حَظ ِ األً وَ نِسَاءً فَلِلذَّكَرِ جَاالوَإِنْ كَانُوا إِخْوَ ةً ر ٌَّ ُ بِكُل ِ شَيْءٍ عَلِيما ۗ وََّللا [They ask you (O' Prophet ﷺ) about Kalalah (a man who dies childless). Say, Allah has given a decision in the matter of inheritance. If a man dies and leaves no child behind but have a sister, she will get half of what he owned, as he would have done the whole of what she possessed if she had died childless. In case he has two sisters then they will get two-thirds of the heritage. But if he has both brothers and sisters, the male will inherit a share equal to that of two females. Allah makes this manifest to you, lest you wander astray, for Allah has knowledge of all the things.] (An-Nisa - 176).