Muwatta' Malik 37-4

Translation

Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab from Amir ibn Sad ibn Abi Waqqas that his father said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to me to treat me for a pain which became hard to bear in the year of the farewell hajj. I said, 'Messenger of Allah, you can see how far the pain has reached me. I have property and only my daughter inherits from me. Shall I give two thirds of my property as sadaqa?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'No.' I said, 'Half?' He said, 'No.' Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'A third, and a third is a lot. Leaving your heirs rich is better than leaving them poor to beg from people. You never spend anything on maintenance desiring the Face of Allah by it, but that you are rewarded for it, even what you appoint for your wife.' Sad said, 'Messenger of Allah, will I be left here in Makka after my companions have departed for Madina?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'If you are left behind, and do sound deeds you will increase your degree and elevation by them. Perhaps you will be left behind so that some people may benefit by you and others may be harmed by you. O Allah! complete their hijra for my companions, and do not turn them back on their heels. The unfortunate one is Said ibn Khawla.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was distressed on his account for he had died at Makka." Yahya said that he heard Malik speak about a man who willed a third of his property to a man and said as well, "My slave will serve so-and-so (another man) for as long as he lives, then he is free," then that was looked into, and the slave was found to be a third of the property of the deceased. Malik said, "The service of the slave is evaluated. Then the two of them divide it between them. The one who was willed a third takes his third, as a share, and the one who was willed the service of the slave takes what was evaluated for him of the slave's service. Each of them takes, from the service of the slave or from his wage if he has a wage, according to his share. If the one who was given the service of the slave for as long as he lived dies, then the slave is freed." Yahya said that he heard Malik speak about someone who willed his third and said "So-and-so has such- and-such, and so-and-so has such-and-such," naming some of his property, and his heirs protested that it was more than a third." Malik said, "The heirs then have an option between giving the beneficiaries their full bequests and taking the rest of the property of the deceased, or between dividing among the beneficiaries the third of the property of the deceased and surrendering to them their third. If they wish, their rights in it reach as far as they reach."

Notes

• قالَ يَحْيى: سَمِعْتُ مالِكًا يَقُولُ: فِي الرَّجُلِ يُوصِي بِثُلُثِ مالِهِ لِرَجُلٍ. ويَقُولُ غُلامِي يَخْدُمُ فُلانًا ما عاشَ. ثُمَّ هُوَ حُرٌّ. فَيُنْظَرُ فِي ذَلِكَ، فَيُوجَدُ العَبْدُ ثُلُثَ مالِ المَيِّتِ. قالَ: «فَإنَّ خِدْمَةَ العَبْدِ تُقَوَّمُ، ثُمَّ يَتَحاصّانِ. يُحاصُّ الَّذِي أُوصِيَ لَهُ بِالثُّلُثِ بِثُلُثِهِ. ويُحاصُّ الَّذِي أُوصِيَ لَهُ بِخِدْمَةِ العَبْدِ. بِما قُوِّمَ لَهُ مِن خِدْمَةِ العَبْدِ، فَيَأْخُذُ كُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنهُما مِن خِدْمَةِ العَبْدِ، أوْ مِن إجارَتِهِ، إنْ كانَتْ لَهُ إجارَةٌ، بِقَدْرِ حِصَّتِهِ. فَإذا ماتَ الَّذِي جُعِلَتْ لَهُ خِدْمَةُ العَبْدِ ما عاشَ، عَتَقَ العَبْدُ» قالَ: وسَمِعْتُ مالِكًا يَقُولُ، فِي الَّذِي يُوصِي فِي ثُلُثِهِ فَيَقُولُ لِفُلانٍ كَذا وكَذا ولِفُلانٍ كَذا وكَذا يُسَمِّي مالًا مِن مالِهِ فَيَقُولُ ورَثَتُهُ قَدْ زادَ عَلى ثُلُثِهِ: «فَإنَّ الوَرَثَةَ يُخَيَّرُونَ بَيْنَ أنْ يُعْطُوا أهْلَ الوَصايا وصاياهُمْ ويَأْخُذُوا جَمِيعَ مالِ المَيِّتِ وبَيْنَ أنْ يَقْسِمُوا لِأهْلِ الوَصايا ثُلُثَ مالِ المَيِّتِ فَيُسَلِّمُوا إلَيْهِمْ ثُلُثَهُ فَتَكُونُ حُقُوقُهُمْ فِيهِ إنْ أرادُوا بالِغًا ما بَلَغَ»

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What scholars said about it

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• Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr

  هذا حديث لا يختلف في صحة إسناده

  in موطأ مالك, p. 1395
• Dāraquṭnī

  يرويه الزهري وهو صحيح عنه ورواه سعد بن إبراهيم فاختلف عنه فيه فرواه الثوري عن سعد عن عامر بن سعد عن أبيه وقال مسعر عن سعد حدثني بعض آل سعد عن سعد وهو صحيح عن عامر بن سعد عن أبيه من رواية الزهري ومن رواية سعد بن إبراهيم

  machine translationAl-Zuhrī narrates it, and it is sound (ṣaḥīḥ) from him. Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm also narrated it, and there is disagreement about him concerning it: al-Thawrī narrated it from Saʿd, from ʿĀmir b. Saʿd, from his father; and Misʿar said, from Saʿd: "Some of the family of Saʿd narrated to me, from Saʿd." And it is sound (ṣaḥīḥ) from ʿĀmir b. Saʿd, from his father, through the narration of al-Zuhrī and through the narration of Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm. Report a problem

  in موطأ مالك, p. 1395
• Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr

  هذا حديث قد اتفق أهل العلم على صحة إسناده وجعله جمهور الفقهاء أصلا في مقدار الوصية وأنه لا يتجاوز بها الثلث إلا أن في بعض ألفاظه اختلافا عند نقلته

  in موطأ مالك, p. 1395

Same hadith, other wordings

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• Shahih al-Bukhari 56إِنَّكَ لَنْ تُنْفِقَ نَفَقَةً تَبْتَغِي بِهَا وَجْهَ اللَّهِ إِلَّا أُجِرْتَ عَلَيْهَا حَتَّى مَا تَجْعَلُ فِي فَمِ امْرَأَتِكَ
• Shahih al-Bukhari 1295كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَعُودُنِي عَامَ حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ مِنْ وَجَعٍ اشْتَدَّ بِي فَقُلْتُ: إِنِّي قَدْ بَلَغَ بِي مِنَ الْوَجَعِ وَأَنَا ذُو مَالٍ وَلاَ يَرِثُنِي إِلاَّ ابْنَةٌ، أَفَأَتَصَدَّقُ بِثُلُثَىْ مَالِي؟ قَالَ: «لاَ»، فَقُلْتُ
• Sunan Ibnu Majah 2708مَرِضْتُ عَامَ الْفَتْحِ حَتَّى أَشْفَيْتُ عَلَى الْمَوْتِ فَعَادَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ أَىْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِي مَالاً كَثِيرًا وَلَيْسَ يَرِثُنِي إِلاَّ ابْنَتِي أَفَأَتَصَدَّقُ بِثُلُثَىْ مَالِي قَالَ لاَ قُلْتُ فَالشَّطْر
• Misykatul Mashabih 3071وَعَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ قَالَ: مَرِضْتُ عَامَ الْفَتْحِ مَرَضًا أَشْفَيْتُ عَلَى الْمَوْتِ فَأَتَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَعُودُنِي فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ: إِنَّ لِي مَالًا كَثِيرًا وَلَيْسَ ي
• Sunan an-Nasa'i 3626مَرِضْتُ مَرَضًا أَشْفَيْتُ مِنْهُ فَأَتَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَعُودُنِي فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِي مَالاً كَثِيرًا وَلَيْسَ يَرِثُنِي إِلاَّ ابْنَتِي أَفَأَتَصَدَّقُ بِثُلُثَىْ مَالِي قَالَ لاَ قُلْتُ فَالشَّطْرَ قَالَ لاَ قُ

Other narrations of this report

Sahih Muslim 1628cSahih Muslim 1628iSunan an-Nasa'i 3630Sunan an-Nasa'i 3632Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 31559Musnad Abi Ya'la 833

Narrators

1. 1
   Saʿd b. Abū Waqqāṣ

   One of the Ten (promised Paradise), and the first to shoot an arrow in the path of Godd. 50 AH or 51 AH or 54 AH, also said: 56 AH, also said: 57 AH, also said: 58 AH. And the second is better known
   سَعْد بْن أَبِي وَقَّاصأحد العشرة ، وأول من رمى بسهم في سبيل الله
   عن
2. 2
   ʿĀmir b. Saʿd b. Abū Waqqāṣ

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 103 AH, or: 104 AH, also said: 96 AH
   عَامِرُ بْنُ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍثقة
   عن
3. 3
   al-Zuhrī

   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 AH
   ابْنِ شِهَابٍالفقيه الحافظ ، متفق على جلالته وإتقانه وثبته
   عن
4. 4
   Mālik b. Anas

   The jurist (al-faqīh), the Imam of the Abode of Migration (Imām Dār al-Hijrah), the head of the proficient masters, and the foremost among the meticulous.d. 178 AH, or 179 AH
   مَالِكٌالفقيه ، إمام دار الهجرة ، رأس المتقنين ، وكبير المتثبتين

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