Najdah wrote to Ibn Abbas asking him about the share allotted to the close relatives of the Prophet, to whom it belongs.Yazid bin Hurmuz said, "I was the one who wrote Ibn Abbas's reply to Najdah."He wrote to him, "You wrote asking me about the share of the close relatives, to whom it belongs. It belongs to us, the People of the House. Umar once invited us to use it to arrange marriages for our unmarried, to provide for our needy, and to settle the debts of those among us in debt. But we refused to accept anything less than its full handing over to us, and he refused that, so we left it with him."
أخبرنا عمرو بن علي قال حدثنا يزيد وهو ابن هارون قال أنبأنا محمد بن إسحق عن الزهري ومحمد بن علي
كتب نجدة إلى ابن عباس يسأله عن سهم ذي القربى لمن هو قال يزيد بن هرمز وأنا كتبت كتاب ابن عباس إلى نجدة كتبت إليه كتبت تسألني عن سهم ذي القربى لمن هو وهو لنا أهل البيت وقد كان عمر دعانا إلى أن ينكح منه أيمنا ويحذي منه عائلنا ويقضي منه عن غارمنا فأبينا إلا أن يسلمه لنا وأبى ذلك فتركناه عليه
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Reported by Muslim, no. 138/1812, from the hadith of Muhammad bin Ali, in this manner. See the previous hadith.