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Chapter 27 · The Book Of Wills
Sahih

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ الْمَكِّيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الثَّقَفِيُّ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ السَّخْتِيَانِيِّ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ، عَنْ ثَلَاثَةٍ مِنْ وَلَدِ سَعْدٍ، كُلُّهُمْ يُحَدِّثُهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ دَخَلَ عَلَى سَعْدٍ يَعُودُهُ بِمَكَّةَ، فَبَكَى، قَالَ: «مَا يُبْكِيكَ؟» فَقَالَ: قَدْ خَشِيتُ أَنْ أَمُوتَ بِالْأَرْضِ الَّتِي هَاجَرْتُ مِنْهَا، كَمَا مَاتَ سَعْدُ بْنُ خَوْلَةَ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «اللهُمَّ اشْفِ سَعْدًا، اللهُمَّ اشْفِ سَعْدًا» ثَلَاثَ مِرَارٍ، قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّ لِي مَالًا كَثِيرًا، وَإِنَّمَا يَرِثُنِي ابْنَتِي، أَفَأُوصِي بِمَالِي كُلِّهِ؟ قَالَ: «لَا»، قَالَ: فَبِالثُّلُثَيْنِ؟، قَالَ: «لَا»، قَالَ: «فَالنِّصْفُ؟» قَالَ: «لَا»، قَالَ: فَالثُّلُثُ؟ قَالَ: الثُّلُثُ وَالثُّلُثُ كَثِيرٌ، إِنَّ صَدَقَتَكَ مِنْ مَالِكَ صَدَقَةٌ، وَإِنَّ نَفَقَتَكَ عَلَى عِيَالِكَ صَدَقَةٌ، وَإِنَّ مَا تَأْكُلُ امْرَأَتُكَ مِنْ مَالِكَ صَدَقَةٌ، وَإِنَّكَ أَنْ تَدَعَ أَهْلَكَ بِخَيْرٍ - أَوْ قَالَ: بِعَيْشٍ - خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ تَدَعَهُمْ يَتَكَفَّفُونَ النَّاسَ ‘وَقَالَ: بِيَدِهِ.

Translation

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The Arabic text and the translations come from our previous collection: English from hadithapi.com, German and Turkish machine-translated (Gemini) and unreviewed. A new translation from the Arabic with the chain of narration will follow.

Allah's Apostle ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) visited Sa'd رضی اللہ عنہ as he was ill in Mecca. He (Sa'd) wept. He (the Holy Prophet ﷺ) said: What makes you weep? He said: I am afraid I may die in the land from where I migrated as Sa'd bin Khaula رضی اللہ عنہ had died. Thereupon Allah's Apostle ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) said: O Allah, grant health to Sa'd. O Allah, grant health to Sad. He repeated it three times. He (Sa'd) said: Allah's Messenger ﷺ, I own a large property and I have only one daughter as my inheritor. Should I not will away the whole of my property? He (the Holy Prophet ﷺ) said: No. He said: (Should I not will away, ) two-thirds of the property? he (the Holy Prophet ﷺ) said: No. He (Sa'd) (again) said: (Should I not will away) half (of my property)? He said: No. He (Sa'd) said: Then one-third? Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet ﷺ) said: (Yes), one-third, and one-third is quite substanial. And what you spend as charity from your property is Sadaqa and flour spending on your family is also Sadaqa, and what your wife eats from your property is also Sadaqa, and that you leave your heirs well off (or he said: prospreous) is better than to leave them (poor and) begging from people. He (the Holy Prophet ﷺ) pointed this with his hands.

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