"O Messenger of Allah, am I to die in the land from which I emigrated?" He said: "No, if Allah wills." He said: "O Messenger of Allah, shall I bequeath all of my wealth in the cause of Allah?" He said: "No." He said: "Two-thirds?" He said: "No." He said: "Half of it?" He said: "No." He said: "One-third of it?" The Messenger of Allah said: "One-third, and one-third is a lot. If you leave your sons independent of means that is better than if you leave them poor, holding out their hands to people." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3630)  

أَنَّهُ اشْتَكَى بِمَكَّةَ فَجَاءَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا رَآهُ سَعْدٌ بَكَى وَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَمُوتُ بِالْأَرْضِ الَّتِي هَاجَرْتَ مِنْهَا قَالَ «لَا إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ» وَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أُوصِي بِمَالِي كُلِّهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ وَذَكَرَ كلمةً مَعْنَاهَا قَالَ فَبِثُلُثَيْهِ؟ قَالَ «لَا» قَالَ فَبِنِصْفِهِ؟ قَالَ «لَا» قَالَ فَثُلُثُهُ؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الثُّلُثُ والثُّلُثُ كَبِيرٌ إِنَّكَ أَنْ تَتْرُكَ بَنِيكَ أَغْنِيَاءَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ تَتْرُكَهُمْ عَالَةً يَتَكَفَّفُونَ النَّاسَ»