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al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6424

✧ The Will by a Third

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أَخْبَرَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَظِيمِ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ الْبَصْرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْكَبِيرِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَجِيدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بُكَيْرُ بْنُ مِسْمَارٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَامِرَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

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»

Translation

Chain of narrators
  1. al-ʿAbbās b. ʿAbd al-ʿAẓīm al-ʿAnbarī al-Baṣrī
  2. ʿAbd al-Kabīr b. ʿAbd al-Majīd
  3. Bukayr b. Mismār
  4. ʿĀmir b. Saʿd from his father

✧ He complained of illness in Makkah, and the Messenger of God ﷺ came to him. When Sa‘d saw him, he wept and said: O Messenger of God, will I die in the land from which you emigrated? He said: “No, God willing.” And he said: O Messenger of God, shall I bequeath all my wealth in the cause of God? He said: No. He said—and he mentioned a word whose meaning was—then two-thirds of it? He said: “No.” He said: Then half of it? He said: “No.” He said: Then a third of it? The Messenger of God ﷺ said: “A third, and a third is large. If you leave your children wealthy, it is better than leaving them dependent, begging from people.”

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