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Narrated Jabir:I fell ill, and the Prophet (ﷺ) and Abu Bakr came to me on foot to visit me. As I was unconscious, I could not speak to him. He performed ablution and sprinkled water on me ; so I became conscious. I said: Messenger of Allah, how should I do in my property, as I have sisters? Thereafter the verse about inheritance was revealed: "They ask thee for legal decision. Say: Allah directs (thus) about those who leave no descendants or ascendants as heirs

حدثنا احمد بن حنبل، حدثنا سفيان، قال سمعت ابن المنكدر، انه سمع جابرا، يقول مرضت فاتاني النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يعودني هو وابو بكر ماشيين وقد اغمي على فلم اكلمه فتوضا وصبه على فافقت فقلت يا رسول الله كيف اصنع في مالي ولي اخوات قال فنزلت اية المواريث { يستفتونك قل الله يفتيكم في الكلالة}