Hz. Evs b. Sabit

Evs b. Sâbit el-Ensârî is a companion from the Khazraj tribe. He was martyred in the Battle of Uhud (3 AH/625 AD) along with seventy companions. He left behind his wife Ümmü Kehha (in some sources, Ümmü Kücce) and three daughters. According to the pre-Islamic tradition, inheritance was only left to men who could fight. Evs b. Sâbit's brother or male relatives took all the inheritance, leaving nothing for the widow and daughters. Ümmü Kehha reported the situation to the Prophet Muhammad. This complaint was one of the direct contributions to the reasons for the revelation of the verses regulating inheritance laws in Surah An-Nisa. The Prophet Muhammad informed Hz. Ömer about the situation and corrected the application of inheritance law at that time. The fundamental changes brought by Islamic inheritance law in favor of daughters, widows, and other heirs were built upon such concrete cases. [Source: TDV Islamic Encyclopedia, "Inheritance" article, islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/miras; Ibn Hisham, as-Sira, III, 88; Ibn Kathir, al-Bidaya, IV, 45]