25/5. Chapter:
Al-Lu'lu Wal-Marjan 1060 — The Book of Al-Wasiyya (Wills and Testaments)
He who has not got anything to will, should not do it.
Al-Lu'lu Wal-Marjan : 1060
Al-Lu'lu Wal-MarjanHadith Number 1060
حديث ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: لَمَّا حُضِرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَفِي الْبَيْتِ رِجَالٌ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: هَلُمُّوا أَكْتُبْ لَكُمْ كِتَابًا لَا تَضِلُّوا بَعْدَهُ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ غَلَبَهُ الْوَجَعُ، وَعِنْدَكُمْ القُرْآنُ، حَسْبُنَا كِتَابُ اللهِ فَاخْتَلَفَ أَهْلُ الْبَيْتِ وَاخْتَصَمُوا؛ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ: قَرِّبُوا يَكْتُبْ لَكُمْ كِتَابًا لَا تَضِلُّوا بَعْدَهُ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ غَيْرَ ذلِكَ فَلَمَّا أَكْثَرُوا اللَّغْوَ وَالاخْتِلافَ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: قُومُواقَالَ عُبَيْدُ اللهِ (الرَّاوِي) فَكَانَ يَقُولُ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: إِنَّ الرَّزِيَّةَ كُلَّ الرَّزِيَّةِ مَا حَالَ بَيْنَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَبَيْنَ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ لَهُمْ ذلِكَ الْكِتَابَ، لاِخْتِلَافِهِمْ وَلَغَطِهِمْ.
'Ubaidullâh bin 'Abdullâh Narrated from:
Ibn 'Abbâs رضي الله عنهما said, "When Allâh's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم was on his deathbed and there were some men in the house, he صلى الله عليه وسلم said, 'Come near, I will write for you something after which you will not go astray.'Some of them (i.e. his companions) said, 'Allâh's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم is seriously ill and you have the (Holy) Qur'ân. Allâh's Book is sufficient for us.' So the people in the house differed and started disputing. Some of them said, 'Give him writing material so that he may write for you something after which you will not go astray,' while the others opposed it. So when their talk and differences increased, Allâh's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said, 'Go away'."Ibn 'Abbâs used to say, "No doubt, it was very unfortunate (a great disaster) that Allâh's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم was prevented from writing for them that writing, because of their differences and noise." ( Sahîh Al-Bukhâri, Hadîth No. 717, Vol. 5) [See Hadîth No. 1059 and its footnote for details].
