al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 12714
✧ The Determination for One Who Has Something He Wants to Bequeath Not to Spend Two or Three Nights Without a Written Will
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أَخْبَرَنَا ) أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ وَأَبُو زَكَرِيَّا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالُوا: ثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، أَنْبَأَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ، أَنْبَأَ ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ وَعَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ:
مَا حَقُّ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ، لَهُ شَيْءٌ يُوصِي فِيهِ، يَبِيتُ ثَلَاثَ لَيَالٍ، إِلَّا وَوَصِيَّتُهُ مَكْتُوبَةٌ عِنْدَهُ، قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ: مَا مَرَّتْ عَلَيَّ لَيْلَةٌ مُنْذُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ ذَلِكَ، إِلَّا وَعِنْدِي وَصِيَّتِي
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Chain of narrators
- Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ and ʾAbū Bakr Aḥmad b. al-Ḥasan Waʾabū Zakariyyā Yaḥyá b. Ibrāhīm
- Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb Anbaʾ Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Ḥakam Anbaʾ Ibn Wahb
- Yūnus b. Yazīd Waʿamrū b. al-Ḥārith
- Ibn Shihāb
- Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh
- ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
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It is not right for a Muslim man who has something to bequeath to spend three nights without his will being written and kept with him. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar said: No night has passed me since I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say that, except that I have my will with me.
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- One of the Companions who narrated most often, and one of the ʿAbādilah; he was among the people most strict in following the narrations (athar).d. 72 AH, or 73 AH, or 74 AH, also said: 75 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِأحد المكثرين من الصحابة والعبادلة ، وكان من أشد الناس اتباعا للأثرعن
- He was reliable (thabt), devout (ʿābid) and virtuous (fāḍil); he resembled his father in conduct (hady) and demeanor (samt)d. 105 AH or 106 AH or 107 AH or 108 AH, and the correct one is the firstسَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِكان ثبتا عابدا فاضلا ، كان يشبه بأبيه في الهدي والسمتعن
- The jurist and memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), whose eminence, precision and reliability are agreed upond. Ḍamrah b. Rabīʿah and others said: 123 AH. The nephew of al-Zuhrī and others said: 124 AH. Ibn Yūnus and others said: 125 AHابْنِ شِهَابٍالفقيه الحافظ ، متفق على جلالته وإتقانه وثبتهعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), except that in his narration from al-Zuhrī there are slight errors (awhām), and in his narration from others there is error (khaṭaʾ)d. Ibn Saʿd said: 152 AH, al-Bukhārī and others: 159 AH (and it is the correct view), Muḥammad b. ʿAzīz said: 160 AHيُونُسُ بْنُ يَزِيدَثقة ، إلا أن في روايته عن الزهري وهما قليلا ، وفي غير الزهري خطأأخبرني
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), devout (ʿābid)d. 197 AHابْنُ وَهْبٍثقة حافظ ، عابدأنبأ
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 268 AHمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِثقةأنبأ
- d. 346 AHأَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَحدثنا
- d. 414 AHوَأَبُو زَكَرِيَّا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَأخبرنا
- d. 458 AHالبيهقي
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