30/4. Chapter:
Jami at-Tirmidhi 2119 — Prophet’s Will and Book of Allah
What has been Related That The Prophet (s.a.w) did not Leave A Will
The Prophet’s Will and the Book of Allah
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 2119
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 2119
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو قَطَنٍ، عَمْرُو بْنُ الْهَيْثَمِ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ مِغْوَلٍ، عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ مُصَرِّفٍ، قَالَ قُلْتُ لاِبْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى أَوْصَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ لاَ . قُلْتُ كَيْفَ كُتِبَتِ الْوَصِيَّةُ وَكَيْفَ أَمَرَ النَّاسَ قَالَ أَوْصَى بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ مَالِكِ بْنِ مِغْوَلٍ .
Talhah bin Musarrif Narrated from:
I Said To Ibn Abi Awfi: Did The Messenger Of Allah (S.A.W) Leave A Will?' He Said: 'No' I Said: 'How Is The Will Written, And How Was It Enjoined Upon The People?' He Said: 'It Was Ordered In The Book Of Allah, Most High.'
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2119In-book reference : Book 30, Hadith 4English translation : Vol. 4, Book 4, Hadith 2119
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 2119
This Hadith answers a direct question: did the Messenger of Allah leave a will? Talhah bin Musarrif said he asked Ibn Abi Awfa, and Ibn Abi Awfa answered, “No.” Talhah then asked how the will was written and how it was enjoined upon people. Ibn Abi Awfa replied that he advised the Book of Allah. The Hadith should be explained with care. It does not cancel the other narrations about writing a will for someone who has something to will. Rather, within this text, the focus is that the Prophet did not leave a personal will as asked, and that the Book of Allah was the guidance he pointed to. The main search phrase is Prophet’s will Book of Allah Hadith.
What we learn from this hadith
- Ibn Abi Awfa answered that the Prophet did not leave a personal will in this report.
- He said the Prophet advised the Book of Allah.
- The narration connects the idea of wasiyyah with Allah’s Book.
- The text should not be used to ignore other will-related Hadiths in the same chapter.
