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bukhari:5022 – Muḥammad 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:٥٠٢٢ – حَدَّثَنَا 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  

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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  

bukhari:4460 – Abū 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:٤٤٦٠ – حَدَّثَنَا 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  

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  

nasai:3620 – Ismāʿīl 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:٣٦٢٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا 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  

tirmidhi:2119 – Aḥmad b. Manīʿ > Abū Qaṭan ʿAmr b. al-Haytham al-Baghdādī > Mālik b. Mighwal > Ṭalḥah b. Muṣarrif

"I said to Ibn Abi Awfi: Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ leave a will?' He said: 'No' I said: 'How is the will written, and how was it enjoined upon the people?' He said: 'It was ordered in the Book of Allah, Most High."'  

الترمذي:٢١١٩ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو قَطَنٍ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْهَيْثَمِ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ مِغْوَلٍ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ مُصَرِّفٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لاِبْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى أَوْصَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ قُلْتُ كَيْفَ كُتِبَتِ الْوَصِيَّةُ وَكَيْفَ أَمَرَ النَّاسَ قَالَ أَوْصَى بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ مَالِكِ بْنِ مِغْوَلٍ
ahmad:19123 – Ḥajjāj > Mālik / Ibn Mighwal > Ṭalḥah

[Machine] I asked Abdullah ibn Abi Awfa, did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ leave a will? He said no. So I asked, how did he command the believers to make a will if he himself did not leave one? He said, he commanded it in the Book of Allah.  

أحمد:١٩١٢٣ – حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ قَالَ مَالِكٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مِغْوَلٍ أَخْبَرَنِي طَلْحَةُ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى أَوْصَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ لَا قُلْتُ فَكَيْفَ أَمَرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِالْوَصِيَّةِ وَلَمْ يُوصِ؟ قَالَ أَوْصَى بِكِتَابِ اللهِ 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  

ahmad:19408 – Wakīʿ > 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:١٩٤٠٨ – حَدَّثَنَا 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  

ibnhibban:6023 – al-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:٦٠٢٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا 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:6414 – Ismāʿīl 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:٦٤١٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا 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