12/20. Chapter:
Mishkat al-Masabih 3072 — Inheritance and Wills
Wills - Section 1
Mishkat al-Masabih : 3072
Mishkat al-MasabihHadith Number 3072
عَن سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ قَالَ: عَادَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَنَا مَرِيضٌ فَقَالَ: «أَوْصَيْتَ؟» قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ قَالَ: «بِكَمْ؟» قُلْتُ: بِمَالِي كُلِّهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ. قَالَ: «فَمَا تَرَكْتَ لِوَلَدِكَ؟» قُلْتُ: هُمْ أَغْنِيَاءُ بِخَيْرٍ. فَقَالَ: «أوص بالعشر» فَمَا زَالَت أُنَاقِصُهُ حَتَّى قَالَ: «أَوْصِ بِالثُّلُثِ وَالثُّلُثُ كَثِيرٌ» . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ
Sa'd b. Abu Waqqas Narrated from:
God’s Messenger visited me when I was ill and asked whether I had made my will. I replied that I had. He asked how much I had willed and when I told him I had willed all my property away to be devoted to God’s path he asked how much I had left my children. I replied that they were rich and prosperous, whereupon he told me to will away a tenth; but I kept on telling him it was too little till he finally said, “Will away a third, but a third is a lot.” Tirmidhi transmitted it.
[1] Tirmidhi # 977, Nasa'i # 3631, However, Tirmidhi has Sa'd ibn Maalik رضي الله عنه because he was called so too.Reference : Mishkat al-Masabih 3072In-book reference : Book 12, Hadith 31
Translation source
- Compiler:
- Al-Khatib at-Tabrizi
- Translator:
- James Robson
- Publisher:
- Darussalam Publication
