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Sunan an-Nasa'i 3634

Bequeathing One-Third

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أَخْبَرَنَا 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

Translation

Chain of narrators
  1. Qutaybah b. Saʿīd
  2. Sufyān
  3. Hishām b. ʿUrwah
  4. his father
  5. Ibn ʿAbbās

"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.'"

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Narrators

  1. قتيبة بن سعيد الثقفي
  2. سفيان بن عيينة الهلالي
  3. هشام بن عروة الأسدي
  4. عروة بن الزبير الأسدي
  5. عبد الله بن العباس القرشي