Rabab bin Hudhayfa bin Saeed bin Sahm married Umm Waail bint Muamar al-Jumahiyyah, and she bore him three sons. When their mother died, her sons inherited her property and the right of guardianship over her freed slaves.Amr bin As took the boys with him to Syria, where they died in the plague of Amwas. Amr inherited from them, as he was their paternal relative.When Amr bin As returned, the sons of Muamar came disputing with him over the guardianship of their sister's freed slaves, and they brought the matter before Umar.Umar said, "I will judge between you according to what I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I heard him say, 'Whatever a child or a parent acquires belongs to his paternal relatives, whoever they may be.'"So he ruled in our favor and wrote a document for us to that effect, witnessed by Abdul-Rahman bin Awf, Zayd bin Thabit, and another.Later, when Abdul-Malik bin Marwan became caliph, a freed slave of hers died leaving two thousand Dinars. I was informed that the earlier ruling had been overturned. They brought the dispute before Hisham bin Ismail, then we took it up to Abdul-Malik. We came to him with Umar's document.He said, "I used to consider this among the rulings about which there could be no doubt, and I never thought the people of Medina would reach the point of doubting this judgment."So he ruled in our favor regarding it, and the matter has remained settled in our favor ever since.
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تزوج رباب بن حذيفة بن سعيد بن سهم أم وائل بنت معمر الجمحية فولدت له ثلاثة فتوفيت أمهم فورثها بنوها رباعا وولاء مواليها فخرج بهم عمرو بن العاص إلى الشام فماتوا في طاعون عمواس فورثهم عمرو وكان عصبتهم فلما رجع عمرو بن العاص جاء بنو معمر يخاصمونه في ولاء أختهم إلى عمر فقال عمر أقضي بينكم بما سمعت من رسول الله ﷺ سمعته يقول ما أحرز الولد والوالد فهو لعصبته من كان قال فقضى لنا به وكتب لنا به كتابا فيه شهادة عبد الرحمن بن عوف وزيد بن ثابت وآخر حتى إذا استخلف عبد الملك بن مروان توفي مولى لها وترك ألفي دينار فبلغني أن ذلك القضاء قد غير فخاصموا إلى هشام بن إسمعيل فرفعنا إلى عبد الملك فأتيناه بكتاب عمر فقال إن كنت لأرى أن هذا من القضاء الذي لا يشك فيه وما كنت أرى أن أمر أهل المدينة بلغ هذا أن يشكوا في هذا القضاء فقضى لنا فيه فلم نزل فيه بعد