Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #28274

Ibn Abi Umar narrated to us, Sufyan bin Uyaynah narrated to us, on the authority of Al-Zuhri, on the authority of Amir bin Saad bin Abi Waqqas, on the authority of his father, he said, I fell ill in the year Al-Fath is an illness from which I recovered from death. Then the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, came to me to visit me, and I said, O Messenger of God, I have a lot of wealth. And there is no one who will inherit from me except my daughter. Should I bequeath all of my wealth? He said, “No.” I said, “Two-thirds of my wealth.” He said, “No.” I said, “Then half.” He said, “No.” I said, “A third said: “A third, and a third is a lot. It is better for you to leave your heirs rich than to leave them poor and begging.” people, and indeed, you will not spend anything unless you are rewarded for it, until you take a morsel of food to your wife.” He said, “I said, ‘O Messenger of God, should I refrain from My migration. He said: “You will not be left behind after me, and you will do a job by which you seek the pleasure of God, except that you will increase in status and status thereby. Perhaps you will You will be left behind so that some people will benefit from you and others will be harmed by you. O God, complete the migration of my companions and do not return them to their heels, but the wretched Saad Ibn Khawlah, the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, mourns for him if he died in Mecca.” Abu Issa said, and in the chapter on the authority of Ibn Abbas. And this A hasan and authentic hadith. This hadith was narrated through more than one authority, on the authority of Saad bin Abi Waqqas. This is acted upon according to the people of knowledge. It is not permissible for a man to bequeath more than a third, and some people of knowledge have preferred it to be less than a third, according to what the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said. “And a third is a lot.”