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ahmad:1479 – Wakīʿ > Hishām from his father > Saʿd

"O Messenger of Allah, shall I bequeath all of my wealth?" He said: "No." He said: "Half?" He said: "No." He said: "One-third?" He said: "One-third, and one-third is much or large." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3632)

أحمد:١٤٧٩ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ يَعُودُهُ وَهُوَ مَرِيضٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلا أُوصِي بِمَالِي كُلِّهِ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَبِالشَّطْرِ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَبِالثُّلُثِ؟ قَالَ الثُّلُثُ وَالثُّلُثُ كَبِيرٌ أَوْ كَثِيرٌ

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nasai:3632 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Wakīʿ > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > Saʿd

"O Messenger of Allah, shall I bequeath all of my wealth?" He said: "No." He said: "Half?" He said: "No." He said: "One-third?" He said: "One-third, and one-third is much or large."

النسائي:٣٦٣٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَادَهُ فِي مَرَضِهِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أُوصِي بِمَالِي كُلِّهِ قَالَ لاَ قَالَ فَالشَّطْرَ قَالَ لاَ قَالَ فَالثُّلُثَ قَالَ الثُّلُثَ وَالثُّلُثُ كَثِيرٌ أَوْ كَبِيرٌ

ahmad:1485 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Hammām > Qatādah > Yūnus b. Jubayr > Muḥammad b. Saʿd from his father

"I do not have any children apart from one daughter. Shall I bequeath all my wealth?" The Prophet said: "No." He said: "Shall I bequeath half of it?" The Prophet said: "No." He said: "Shall I bequeath one-third of it?" He said: "One-third, and one-third is much or large." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3635)

أحمد:١٤٨٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ هَمَّامٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ بِمَكَّةَ وَهُوَ مَرِيضٌ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِي إِلا ابْنَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ أفَأُوصِِي بِمَالِي كُلِّهِ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَا قَالَ فَأُوصِي بِنِصْفِهِ؟ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَا قَالَ فَأُوصِي بِثُلُثِهِ؟ قَالَ الثُّلُثُ وَالثُّلُثُ كَبِيرٌ

nasai-kubra:6426 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Wakīʿ > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > Saʿd

"O Messenger of Allah, shall I bequeath all of my wealth?" He said: "No." He said: "Half?" He said: "No." He said: "One-third?" He said: "One-third, and one-third is much or large." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3632)

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٤٢٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَادَهُ فِي مَرَضِهِ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أُوصِي بِمَالِي كُلِّهِ؟ قَالَ «لَا» قَالَ فَالشَّطْرُ؟ قَالَ «لَا» قَالَ فَالثُّلُثُ؟ قَالَ «الثُّلُثُ والثُّلُثُ كَثِيرٌ أَوْ كَبِيرٌ»