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The bequest should not exceed one-third

ahmad:1440 – ʿAffān > Wuhayb > Ayyūb > ʿAmr b. Saʿīd > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Ḥimyarī > Thalāthah min walad Saʿd > Saʿd

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to visit him while he was ill in Makkah. He said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have feared that I may die in the land from which I migrated, just as Sad ibn Khawlah died, so pray to Allah to heal me." He said: "O Allah, heal Sad. O Allah, heal Sad. O Allah, heal Sad." Then he said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have much wealth, and I have no heir except a daughter. Should I make a bequest of all my wealth?" He said: "No." He said, "Should I make a bequest of two-thirds of it?" He said: "No." He said, "Should I make a bequest of half of it?" He said: "No." He said, "Should I make a bequest of one-third?" He said: "One-third, and one-third is much. Your spending from your wealth is charity for you, and your spending on your dependents is charity for you, and your spending on your family is charity for you. And that you leave your family with means — or he said, with good — is better than leaving them begging from people."

أحمد:١٤٤٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ عَنْ ثَلاثَةٍ مِنْ وَلَدِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ سَعْدٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ يَعُودُهُ وَهُوَ مَرِيضٌ وَهُوَ بِمَكَّةَ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَدْ خَشِيتُ أَنْ أَمُوتَ بِالْأَرْضِ الَّتِي هَاجَرْتُ مِنْهَا، كَمَا مَاتَ سَعْدُ ابْنُ خَوْلَةَ، فَادْعُ اللهَ أَنْ يَشْفِيَنِي. قَالَ: «اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِ سَعْدًا، اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِ سَعْدًا، اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِ سَعْدًا». فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّ لِي مَالًا كَثِيرًا، وَلَيْسَ لِي وَارِثٌ إِلَّا ابْنَةً، أَفَأُوصِي بِمَالِي كُلِّهِ؟ قَالَ: «لَا». قَالَ: أَفَأُوصِي بِثُلُثَيْهِ؟ قَالَ: «لَا». قَالَ: أَفَأُوصِي بِنِصْفِهِ؟ قَالَ: «لَا». قَالَ: أَفَأُوصِي بِالثُّلُثِ؟ قَالَ: «الثُّلُثُ، وَالثُّلُثُ كَثِيرٌ، إِنَّ نَفَقَتَكَ مِنْ مَالِكَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ، وَإِنَّ نَفَقَتَكَ عَلَى عِيَالِكَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ، وَإِنَّ نَفَقَتَكَ عَلَى أَهْلِكَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ، وَإِنَّكَ أَنْ تَدَعَ أَهْلَكَ بِعَيْشٍ، أَوْ قَالَ بِخَيْرٍ، خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ تَدَعَهُمْ يَتَكَفَّفُونَ النَّاسَ».

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muslim:1628g – Muḥammad b. Abū ʿUmar al-Makkī

What makes you weep? He said: I am afraid I may die in the land from where I migrated as Sa'd b. Khaula had died. Thereupon Allah's Apostle ﷺ said: O Allah, grant health to Sa'd. O Allah, grant health to Sad. He repeated it three times. He (Sa'd) said: Messenger of Allah, 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) said: No. He said: (Should I not will away, ) two-thirds of the property? he (the Holy Prophet) 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) 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) pointed this with his hands.

مسلم:١٦٢٨g – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ الْمَكِّيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الثَّقَفِيُّ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ السَّخْتِيَانِيِّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ عَنْ ثَلاَثَةٍ مِنْ وَلَدِ سَعْدٍ كُلُّهُمْ يُحَدِّثُهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ دَخَلَ عَلَى سَعْدٍ يَعُودُهُ بِمَكَّةَ فَبَكَى قَالَ مَا يُبْكِيكَ فَقَالَ قَدْ خَشِيتُ أَنْ أَمُوتَ بِالأَرْضِ الَّتِي هَاجَرْتُ مِنْهَا كَمَا مَاتَ سَعْدُ ابْنُ خَوْلَةَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِ سَعْدًا اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِ سَعْدًا ثَلاَثَ مِرَارٍ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِي مَالاً كَثِيرًا وَإِنَّمَا يَرِثُنِي ابْنَتِي أَفَأُوصِي بِمَالِي كُلِّهِ قَالَ لاَ قَالَ فَبِالثُّلُثَيْنِ قَالَ لاَ قَالَ فَالنِّصْفُ قَالَ لاَ 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