Tafseer of Surah 17, Ayah 26 Regarding Fadak as a Gift of Fatima Zehra (sa)

Quran (17:26):- 

وَآتِ ذَا الْقُرْبَىٰ حَقَّهُ وَالْمِسْكِينَ وَابْنَ السَّبِيلِ وَلَا تُبَذِّرْ تَبْذِيرًا

And render to the kindred their due rights, as (also) to those in want, and to the wayfarer: But squander not (your wealth) in the manner of a spendthrift.
Al-Qur'an, Surah 17, Ayah 26, translated by Yusufali

Sunni Tafseer

"Abu Saeed al Khudri and Abdullah Ibn Abbas narrate that when the verse relating to giving rights to kindred was revealed, the Prophet called Fatima Zahra (as) and gifted the land of Fadak to her".


Source:-

1. Tafseer Durre Manthur v4, p177 
2. Kanzul Ummal, v2, p158 
3. Lababul Naqool, p137, Sura Isra 
4. Tafseer Mazhari, in Tafseer of above mentioned verse 
5. Tafseer Ruh Al-Ma'ani
6. Jam’e Asbab al-Nazul, Surah 17 verse 26 by Shiekh Khalid

Grading:-

1. Authenticity of narrator Atya al-Aufi:-

• Ibn Hajar records that Imam Tirmidhi considered his hadith as Hasan (Nataj al-Afkar, v2 p414).
• Shaykh Taqiuddin Ahmad bin Ali bin Abdulqadir al-Moqrizi's (d. 845 H) famed book Emta al-Asma, Volume 13 pag 16 stated:‘According to me his hadith is not less than the grade of Hasan’
• Imam Ibn Hajar himself declared him ‘Seduq’ (Taqrib al-Tahdib, v1 p678)
• Imam Yahyah bin Moin said: ‘Nothing bad about him’(Tarikh ibn Moin by al-Daqaq, p27)
• Mahmood Saeed Mamdoh said in his book Rafe al-Manara, page 163: ‘Yahya bin Moin declared that about whom he said ‘nothing bad about him’, it means that he is Thiqah.
• Imam Muhammad Ibn Saad said: ‘Thiqah’ (Tabaqat al Kubra, v6 p304)
• Mahmoud Saeed Mamdouh rightly states in his book: ‘We conclude that Atya al-Aufi are authenticated by Yahya bin Saeed al-Qatan, ibn Saad, ibn Moin, al-Tirmidhi, al-Bazar, ibn Shaheen and some others.’ (Rafe al-Manara, p173)

     2. Rest all narrators are "Thiqah"

Shia Tafseer

Imam Reza (as) says about the above ayat that When this verse was revealed to the Prophet (s), he summoned his daughter (the Blessed Lady) Fatima (s). Fatima (s) said, “O Prophet of God! Yes.” The Prophet (s) said,

“Fadak is one of the territories that we did not exhaust our horses or camels to seize. Therefore, it is exclusively mine and not the Muslims Now, I will donate it to you and your offspring as a gift according to God’s instructions.” 

Source:-

1. Ayoon Akhbar ar Reza, vol 1, chapter 23, imam raza’s asws debate with mamoon regarding differences between itraat and ummat, page 220-240
2. Amali Sheikh Sudooq, 79th gathering, hadeeth 1

Grading:-

حدثنا علي بن الحسين بن شاذويه المؤدب؛ وجعفر بن محمد بن مسرور رضي الله عنه، قالا: حدثنا محمد بن عبد الله بن جعفر الحميري، عن أبيه، عن الريان بن الصلت، قال: حَضَرَ الرِّضَا عليه السلام

Ali ibn Al-Hussein ibn Shazawayh al-Mo’addib and Ja’far ibn Muhammad ibn Masroor – May God Be Pleased with Them – narrated that Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Ja’far al-Himyari quoted on the authority of his father, on the authority of al-Ryan ibn al-Salt,

1. Ali bin hussein who is sheikh of sheikh sudooq,he is thiqa and also, it was narrated to him by another person, that is, jafar bin mohammad bin masroor both of the shayookh, have been praised by sudooq himself, and he used the word   رضي الله عنه for them
2. Mohammad bin abdullah bin jafar al hameeri, he is thiqa
3. Then from his father, Abdullah bin jafar al hameeri, and he is thiqa
4. Rayan bin salat, and he is also thiqa sudooq , and companion of imam raza asws

so, the chain is sahih inshallah