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Chapter 30 of 1482 min read
سيرة علي بن أبي طالب — الجزء 30
(Allah commands you as regards your children's [inheritance]: to the male, a portion equal to that of two females.) (Quran 4: 11) They said: "Allah did not make this only for the Ummah in exclusion of him ($$3)i)."64 In fact, this verse is addressed to those whom it is meant to
'Ali ibn Abi Tcilib address, and there is nothing in the verse to suggest that the Prophet a) is necessarily one of those who are addressed here.65 he Prophet (g) is not to be compared to any other human being, because he is closer to the believers than their own selves and because Allah (&) has forbidden to him charity, both obligatory and voluntary. There are things that apply exclusively to him (g)? for which AUah has singled him out. He and his fellow prophets (peace he upon them) are not to be inherited from, and this is protection from Allah so that there will be no reason for anyone to criticise them on the grounds that they only sought worldly gains for themselves and their heirs. As for the rest of mankind, they do not have that position of prophethood that could he undermined by the issue of inheritance. In a similar way, Allah (B) also protected our Prophet (g) from being literate or a poet, so as to eliminate any doubt about his prophethood, but others did not need this type of protection.66 Ibn Katheer said, refuting the RSfi@s' use of this verse as evidence: "The Messenger of Allah (g) had special mlings that applied only to him, which the other Prophets did not share. If we assume that other prophets could be inherited from, which is not the case, then what was narrated by the Companions, especially Abu Bakr (&), demonstrates that this d i n g applies only to him to the exclusion of the others."67 Thus it is clear that their claim is false and conto the hadith.