Of course, the Prophet (a.

Of course, the Prophet (a.s) used to distribute the produce of the land to the poor and needy. But this does not mean that he had forfeited the ownership of the property. Instead of seeking shelter behind the tradition of ‘we, the Prophets, do not leave inheritances,’ if Abū-Bakr had said that Fadak was not the personal property of the Prophet (a.s) and the question of its going as an inheritance to his daughter did not arise.

But when Abū-Bakr accepted it as the property of the Prophet (a.s), and then denying that the Prophets do not leave any inheritance is not tenable. The right of inheritance given by the Qur’an cannot be voided by a tradition which, according to Abū-Bakr, he…