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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books On The Khilafah Of ‘Ali Over Abu Bakr Hadith Al-Wirathah, Establishing Its Authenticity ==================================================== Allah informs us about two of His prophets in His Book: وورث سليمان داوود And Sulayman inherited Dawud.[^1] In other words, it was Sulayman, ‘alaihi al-salam , who inherited Dawud, ‘alaihi al-salam . Explaining this verse, Imam al-Tabari (d.

310 H) states: يقول تعالى ذكره :وورث سليمان أباه داود العلم الذي كان آتاه الله في حياته، والملك الذي كان خصه به على سائر قومه He, the Most High, says: Sulayman inherited the knowledge which Allah gave his father during his lifetime and the kingdom which He specially bestowed upon him above all of his people.[^2] Al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir (d.

774 H) also says: قال الله تعالى: }وورث سليمان داود وقال يا أيها الناس علمنا منطق الطير وأوتينا من كل شئ إن هذا لهو الفضل المبين) {النمل: ١٦ (أي ورثه في النبوة والملك، وليس المراد ورثه في المال، لأنه قد كان له بنون غيره، فما كان ليخص بالمال دونهم Allah the Most High said: {And Sulayman inherited Dawud, and he (Sulayman) said, “O people, we have been taught the language of birds, and on us have been bestowed all things.

This, verily, is an evident grace} [27:16], that is, inheritance of prophethood and kingdom . What was intended was not inheritance of material possessions. This is because he (Dawud) had several children apart from him (Sulayman) and he (Sulayman) could not have been exclusively given the material possessions at their expense.[^3] Imam Ibn al-Jawzi (d.

597 H) has these words too: قوله تعالى: }وورث سليمان داود {أي :ورث نبوته وعلمه وملكه، وكان لداود تسعة عشر ذكرا، فخص سليمان بذلك، ولو كانت وراثة مال لكان جميع أولاده فيها سواء. Allah the Most High says {And Sulayman inherited Dawud}, that is: he inherited his prophethood, knowledge and kingdom . Dawud had nineteen sons. But, Sulayman was exclusively given that.

If it had been inheritance of material possessions, all his children would have been equally entitled.[^4] There are a number of points from this verse: Prophethood is an inheritable office. Divine knowledge is inheritable. Kingdom – which is also called khilafah [^5] - is inheritable. Moreover, where someone, out of many possible heirs, is singled out as the only heir in any circumstance, then such inheritance could not have been about material possessions.

Rather, it must have been with regards to knowledge, offices and ranks.