30/1. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 3617 — Another Report on Keeping a Will
It Is Disliked To Delay Making A Will
Written Will Hadith Reported Through Another Chain
Sunan an-Nasai : 3617
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 3617
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمِ بْنِ نُعَيْمٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حِبَّانُ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَوْلَهُ.
Ibn 'Umar Narrated from:
(The same) was narrated from Ibn 'Awn, from Nafi', from Ibn 'Umar.
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 3617In-book reference : Book 30, Hadith 7English translation : Vol. 4, Book 30, Hadith 3647
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 3617
This is a short supporting report transmitted from Ibn Awn, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar. The translation says that the same statement was narrated, referring to the teaching immediately connected with keeping a will written. Because the full sentence is not repeated in this version, the report should be read with the preceding narration rather than treated as a separate detailed ruling. Its role in the supplied text is to preserve the same message through another chain. That message encourages a Muslim who has matters requiring a will not to leave the document unwritten. The short form also reminds readers to distinguish between what this report states directly and the fuller wording to which it refers.
What we learn from this hadith
- The same teaching about a will was transmitted through another chain.
- A shortened report may depend on the full wording given immediately before it.
- The linked teaching encourages keeping necessary will instructions in writing.
- Readers should avoid adding details that are not included in the report.
