Sahih Muslim Hadith 4198 – The ‘Umrâ (Lifelong

English

[4198] 28 – ( … ) It was narrated from Abü Az-Zubair, that Jâbir said: "A woman in Al-MadInah gave a garden of hers as a gift for life to a son of hers, then he died and she died after him, and he left behind a son, but he also had brothers who were the sons of the woman who had given the gift for life. The children of the woman who had given the gift said: 'The garden should come back to us.' But the sons of the one to whom it had been given said: 'No, it belonged to our father in life and in death.' They referred the dispute to Târiq, the freed slave of 'Uhmân, and he called Jâbir, who bore witness that the Messenger of Allah had said, that a gift for life belonged to the one to whom it was given. Târiq ruled on that basis, then he wrote to 'Abdul- Malik and told him about that, and he told him of Jâbir's testimony. 'Abdul-Malik said: 'Jâbir spoke the truth.' So Ta^riq issued a ruling on that basis, and that garden still belongs to the descendents of the one to whom it was given for life, to this day."