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السيوطي:١٠٣٩٦a

"الثُّلثُ والثلثُ كَثِيرةٌ".  

[ش] ابن أبى شيبة [حم] أحمد [م] مسلم [ن] النسائي [هـ] ابن ماجة عن ابن عباس

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
nasai:3634Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās > Law Ghaḍ al-Nās > al-Rubuʿ

"If the people were to reduce (their bequests) to one-quarter (of their wealth, that would be better), because the Messenger of Allah said: 'One-third, and one-third is much or large.'"  

النسائي:٣٦٣٤أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ لَوْ غَضَّ النَّاسُ إِلَى الرُّبُعِ

لأَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ الثُّلُثَ وَالثُّلُثُ كَثِيرٌ أَوْ كَبِيرٌ  

nasai-kubra:6428Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās > Law Ghaḍ al-Nās > al-Rubuʿ

"If the people were to reduce (their bequests) to one-quarter (of their wealth, that would be better), because the Messenger of Allah said: 'One-third, and one-third is much or large.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3634)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٤٢٨أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ لَوْ غَضَّ النَّاسُ إِلَى الرُّبُعِ؛

لَأَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الثُّلُثُ وَالثُّلُثُ كَثِيرٌ أَوْ كَبِيرٌ»