Muwatta Malik #1538
Judgements
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَنْصَارِيِّ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ أُعْمِرَ عُمْرَى لَهُ وَلِعَقِبِهِ فَإِنَّهَا لِلَّذِي يُعْطَاهَا لاَ تَرْجِعُ إِلَى الَّذِي أَعْطَاهَا أَبَدًا " . لأَنَّهُ أَعْطَى عَطَاءً وَقَعَتْ فِيهِ الْمَوَارِيثُ .
Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab from Abu Salama ibn Abd ar-
Rahman ibn Awf from Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari that the Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "If someone is
given a life pension, for him and his posterity, it belongs to the
person to whom it has been given. It never reverts to the one who gave
it because he gave a gift and the rules of inheritance apply to it."
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This hadith is #1538 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Judgements.