The heritage of the rights owned by The Prophet

The Prophet had many roles, starting from being a prophet to being a president of the state. No one would be inheritor of last prophet in terms of prophethood. Because of this reason, it cannot be imagine transferring of right of The Prophet to another one. On the other hand, the next president of state would be determined based on the will and election of the society. Definitely all rights of The Prophet as president of the state would transfer to next presidents. We will not focus on the all rights of The Prophet as a president, but we will look at the economic rights in terms of religious sect.

Hanafis, based on the implications of the al-Hulafâ al-Râshidun,  claims that the share of The Prophet  and his relatives perish after The Prophet dead. According to them, The Prophet had these rights just because he was president, not just because he was a prophet.

On the other hand, Ýmam Þâfi Imam Shafii had an opinion that the share of The Prophet should be transferred to next president after The Prophet dead.  According to Imam Þâfi, caliphs need to make expenditures for different purposes, including making a present to committees and ambassadors, just like The Prophet did. According to Imam Shafii, presidents of the state have this share just because they dedicate themselves to the benefits of public like The Prophet. Imam Shafii had an opinion that shares of The Prophet from spoils should be inherited to next state presidents not in order to spend personal needs and wants of presidents, but in order to spend for the benefits of the whole Muslim society. We can easily take this information from the book of Imam Shafii and from Mâvardi. And also, as it was understood from the statement of Kâsânî (d. 587), Imam Shafii had an opinion that the presidents of the state also could utilize from these shares personally. There were also other scholars, who thought that these shares should be inherited to next state president in order to spend for the benefits of the society, like Imam Shafii expressed. For instance, Hanbalis have also same opinion with Imam Shafii that the shares of The Prophet should be inherited to next state presidents only in order to spend for the benefits of the society, public services and investments.