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bayhaqi:12552 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Zakariyyā Yaḥyá b. Ibrāhīm Waʾabū ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Sulamī Imlāʾ Qālūā

[Machine] I asked Abdullah bin Abu Awfa, "Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ give any will?" He replied, "No." I said, "But isn't it prescribed for people to write a will?" He said, "He advised us to adhere to the Book of Allah." And in the narration of As-Sulami, it is mentioned, "So how did he write (his will)?"  

البيهقي:١٢٥٥٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو زَكَرِيَّا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَأَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيُّ إِمْلَاءً قَالُوا أنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُبْدُوُسٍ الطَّرَائِفِيُّ ثنا مُعَاذُ بْنُ نَجْدَةَ ثنا خَلَّادُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ثنا مَالِكُ بْنُ مِغْوَلٍ ثنا طَلْحَةُ بْنُ مُصَرِّفٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى هَلْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَوْصَى؟ قَالَ لَا قال قُلْتُ فَقَدْ كُتِبَ عَلَى النَّاسِ الْوَصِيَّةُ أَوْ قَالَ أُمِرُوا بِالْوَصِيَّةِ قَالَ أَوْصَى بِكِتَابِ اللهِ ﷻ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ السُّلَمِيِّ فَكَيْفَ كَتَبَ؟  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ خَلَّادِ بْنِ يَحْيَى وَأَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ مِغْوَلٍ

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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Aḥmad
bukhari:2740 – Khalāad b. Yaḥyá > Mālik > Ṭalḥah b. Muṣarrif > Saʾalt

I asked ʿAbdullah bin Abu ʿAufa "Did the Prophet ﷺ make a will?" He replied, "No," I asked him, "How is it then that the making of a will has been enjoined on people, (or that they are ordered to make a will)?" He replied, "The Prophet ﷺ bequeathed Allah's Book (i.e. Qur'an).  

البخاري:٢٧٤٠ – حَدَّثَنَا خَلاَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ حَدَّثَنَا طَلْحَةُ بْنُ مُصَرِّفٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى ؓ هَلْ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَوْصَى فَقَالَ لاَ فَقُلْتُ كَيْفَ كُتِبَ عَلَى النَّاسِ الْوَصِيَّةُ أَوْ أُمِرُوا بِالْوَصِيَّةِ قَالَ أَوْصَى بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ  

muslim:1634a – Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá al-Tamīmī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Mālik b. Mighwal > Ṭalḥah b. Muṣarrif

I asked 'Abdullah b. Abu Aufa whether Messenger of Allah ﷺ had made any will (in regard to his property). He said: NO. I said: Then why has making of will been made necessary for the Muslims, or why were they commanded to make will? Thereupon he said: He made the will according to the Book of Allah, the Exalted and Majestic.  

مسلم:١٦٣٤a – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى التَّمِيمِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ مِغْوَلٍ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ مُصَرِّفٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى هَلْ أَوْصَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لاَ قُلْتُ فَلِمَ كُتِبَ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ الْوَصِيَّةُ أَوْ فَلِمَ أُمِرُوا بِالْوَصِيَّةِ قَالَ أَوْصَى بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ ﷻ  

ahmad:19136 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Mālik / Ibn Mighwal > Ṭalḥah b. Muṣarrif

I asked 'Abdullah b. Abu Aufa whether Messenger of Allah ﷺ had made any will (in regard to his property). He said: NO. I said: Then why has making of will been made necessary for the Muslims, or why were they commanded to make will? Thereupon he said: He made the will according to the Book of Allah, the Exalted and Majestic. (Using translation from Muslim 1634a)  

أحمد:١٩١٣٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مِغْوَلٍ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ مُصَرِّفٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى هَلْ أَوْصَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ لَا قُلْتُ فَلِمَ كُتِبَ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ الْوَصِيَّةُ أَوْ لِمَ أُمِرُوا بِالْوَصِيَّةِ؟ قَالَ أَوْصَى بِكِتَابِ اللهِ ﷻ