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bukhari:2740Khalāad 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:٢٧٤٠حَدَّثَنَا 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  


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bukhari:4460Abū Nuʿaym > Mālik b. Mighwal > Ṭalḥah > Saʾalt

I asked ʿAbdullah bin Abu ʿAufa "Did the Prophet ﷺ make a will? ' He replied, "No." I further asked, "How comes it that the making of a will was enjoined on the people or that they were ordered to make it? " He said, "The Prophet ﷺ made a will concerning Allah's Book."  

البخاري:٤٤٦٠حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ مِغْوَلٍ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ قَالَ

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

bukhari:5022Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Mālik b. Mighwal > Ṭalḥah

I asked ʿAbdullah bin Abi ʿAufa, "Did the Prophet ﷺ make a will (to appoint his successor or bequeath wealth)?" He replied, "No." I said, "How is it prescribed then for the people to make wills, and they are ordered to do so while the Prophet ﷺ did not make any will?" He said, "He made a will wherein he recommended Allah's Book."  

البخاري:٥٠٢٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ مِغْوَلٍ حَدَّثَنَا طَلْحَةُ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى أَوْصَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لاَ فَقُلْتُ كَيْفَ كُتِبَ عَلَى النَّاسِ الْوَصِيَّةُ أُمِرُوا بِهَا وَلَمْ يُوصِ قَالَ أَوْصَى بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ  

muslim:1634aYaḥyá 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:١٦٣٤aحَدَّثَنَا 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  

nasai:3620Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Khālid b. al-Ḥārith > Mālik b. Mighwal > Ṭalḥah

"I asked Ibn Abi Awfa: 'Did the Messenger of Allah leave a will?' He said: 'No.' I said: 'How come it is prescribed for the Muslims to make wills?' He said: 'He left instructions urging the Muslims to adhere to the Book of Allah.'"  

النسائي:٣٦٢٠أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ مِغْوَلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا طَلْحَةُ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى أَوْصَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ قُلْتُ كَيْفَ كَتَبَ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ الْوَصِيَّةَ قَالَ أَوْصَى بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ  

ahmad:19136ʿAbd 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:١٩١٣٦حَدَّثَنَا 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  

ahmad:19408Wakīʿ > Mālik b. Mighwal > Ṭalḥah b. Muṣarrif

[Machine] I asked Abdullah bin Abi Awfa, did the Prophet ﷺ recommend anything? He replied, no. So I asked, then how did the Prophet ﷺ instruct the Muslims regarding wills? He said, he instructed through the Book of Allah.  

أحمد:١٩٤٠٨حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ مِغْوَلٍ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ مُصَرِّفٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى أَوْصَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِشَيْءٍ؟ قَالَ لَا قُلْتُ فَكَيْفَ أَمْرَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ بِالْوَصِيَّةِ؟ قَالَ أَوْصَى بِكِتَابِ اللهِ ﷻ  

darimi:3224Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Mālik b. Mighwal > Ṭalḥah b. Muṣarrif al-Yāmī

“I said to Abdullah bin Abu Awfa: 'Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ make a will concerning anything?' He said: 'No.' I said: 'How come he told the Muslims to make wills?' He said: 'He enjoined (them to adhere to) the book of Allah (SWT).” Malik said: “Talhah bin Musarrif said: 'Huzail bin Shurahbil said: “Abu Bakr was granted leadership according to the will of Messenger of Allah ﷺ?” (Rather) Abu Bakr wished that the found a covenant (in that regard) from Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so he could fetter his nose with a (camel's) nose ring.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2696)   

الدارمي:٣٢٢٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ مِغْوَلٍ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ مُصَرِّفٍ الْيَامِيِّ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى أَوْصَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ لَا قُلْتُ فَكَيْفَ كُتِبَ عَلَى النَّاسِ الْوَصِيَّةُ أو أُمِرُوا بِالْوَصِيَّةِ؟ فَقَالَ «أَوْصَى بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ ﷻ» وقَالَ هُزَيْلُ بْنُ شُرَحْبِيلَ «أَبُو بَكْرٍ كَانَ يَتَأَمَّرُ عَلَى وَصِيِّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ وَدَّ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَنَّهُ وَجَدَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَهْدًا فَخَزَمَ أَنْفَهُ بِخِزَامَةٍ ذَلِكَ»  

ibnhibban:6023al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥubāb al-Jumaḥī > Ibrāhīm b. Bashhār > Sufyān > Mālik b. Mighwal > Ṭalḥah b. Muṣarrif

[Machine] I asked Abdullah bin Abi Aufa, "Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ leave any will?" He replied, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not leave anything without giving instructions about it." I asked, "How then does he instruct the people about writing wills?" He said, "He gave instruction with the Book of Allah."  

ابن حبّان:٦٠٢٣أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ الْجُمَحِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ مِغْوَلٍ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ مُصَرِّفٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى «هَلْ أَوْصَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ مَا تَرَكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ شَيْئًا يُوصِي فِيهِ قُلْتُ فَكَيْفَ يَأْمُرُ النَّاسَ بِالْوَصِيَّةِ؟ قَالَ » أَوْصَى بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ «  

nasai-kubra:6414Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd al-Jaḥdarī al-Baṣrī > Khālid b. al-Ḥārith > Mālik b. Mighwal > Ṭalḥah

"I asked Ibn Abi Awfa: 'Did the Messenger of Allah leave a will?' He said: 'No.' I said: 'How come it is prescribed for the Muslims to make wills?' He said: 'He left instructions urging the Muslims to adhere to the Book of Allah.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3620)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٤١٤أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ الْبَصْرِيٌّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ مِغْوَلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا طَلْحَةُ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى أَوْصَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ لَا قُلْتُ كَيْفَ كَتَبَ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ الْوَصِيَّةَ؟ قَالَ أَوْصَى بِكِتَابِ اللهِ  

bayhaqi:12552Abū 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:١٢٥٥٢أَخْبَرَنَا 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