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How can the Hadith "We, the community of Prophets, do not inherit; what we leave behind is charity" be reconciled with the Almighty's saying, "And Solomon inherited David"?

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According to Ibn al-Arabi and al-Qurtubi, the two texts can be reconciled by understanding that Sulayman's inheritance was an inheritance of prophethood and kingship. If it had been an inheritance of wealth, his brothers would have shared in it.

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