Permit me to give away my property as I like. He refused. I (again) said: (Permit me) to give away half. He (again refused). I (again said): Then one-third. He (the Holy Prophet) observed silence after (I had asked permission to give away) one-third. He (the narrater) said: It was then that endowment of one-third became permissible.
مَرِضْتُ فَأَرْسَلْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ دَعْنِي أَقْسِمْ مَالِي حَيْثُ شِئْتُ فَأَبَى قُلْتُ فَالنِّصْفُ فَأَبَى قُلْتُ فَالثُّلُثُ قَالَ فَسَكَتَ بَعْدَ الثُّلُثِ قَالَ فَكَانَ بَعْدُ الثُّلُثُ جَائِزًا
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