Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 2743
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ لَوْ غَضَّ النَّاسُ إِلَى الرُّبْعِ، لأَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " الثُّلُثُ، وَالثُّلُثُ كَثِيرٌ أَوْ كَبِيرٌ ".
Translation
Qutayba ibn Saʿid narrated to us; Sufyan narrated to us, from Hisham ibn ʿUrwa, from his father, from Ibn ʿAbbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said: I would advise people to reduce their bequests to a fourth, because the Messenger of Allah said, “A third, and a third is much”—or “great.”