Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 6738

What is Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 6738?

Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 6738 is a narration recorded in this collection under Chapter 86: Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id). This page presents the source record and its available text, translations and grading label. Use the reference and chapter link below to read it in context; numbering and wording may differ between editions.

Collection: Sahih al-Bukhari
Reference in Sirah: Hadith 6738
Chapter: 86: Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id)
Narrator in the source: Ibn `Abbas رضی اللہ عنہما
Compiler: Imam al-Bukhari
Displayed grading: Sahih

Hadith 6738

Sahih

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ أَمَّا الَّذِي قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ لَوْ كُنْتُ مُتَّخِذًا مِنْ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ خَلِيلاً لاَتَّخَذْتُهُ، وَلَكِنْ خُلَّةُ الإِسْلاَمِ أَفْضَلُ ‏"‏‏.‏ أَوْ قَالَ ‏"‏ خَيْرٌ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَإِنَّهُ أَنْزَلَهُ أَبًا‏.‏ أَوْ قَالَ قَضَاهُ أَبًا‏.‏

The person about whom Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "If I were to take a Khalil from this nation (my followers), then I would have taken him (i.e., Abu Bakr رضی اللہ عنہ), but the Islamic Brotherhood is better (or said: good)," regarded a grandfather as the father himself (in inheritance).

— Narrated Ibn `Abbas رضی اللہ عنہما

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Source information

Collection: Sahih al-Bukhari. Compiler: Imam al-Bukhari. Reference in Sirah: Hadith 6738.

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Source grading label: Sahih. A displayed label is source metadata, not an independent authentication by Sirah.

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