Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2118
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَا حَقُّ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ يَبِيتُ لَيْلَتَيْنِ وَلَهُ مَا يُوصِي فِيهِ إِلاَّ وَوَصِيَّتُهُ مَكْتُوبَةٌ عِنْدَهُ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَحْوُهُ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ibn Abi ‘Umar narrated to us; Sufyan narrated to us, from Ayyub, from Nafi‘, from Ibn ‘Umar, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: ‘It is not appropriate for a Muslim who has something to bequeath to spend two nights without having his bequest written with him.’ Abu ‘Isa said: This is a hasan sahih hadith. A similar report was narrated from al-Zuhri, from Salim, from Ibn ‘Umar, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic says ‘a Muslim person’ without specifying male; the translation retains general wording. The second transmission is noted as similar.
وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَحْوُهُ .
The source adds Abu ‘Isa’s grading and notes a similar route through al-Zuhri and Salim; the witness omits both.
Should these closing transmission details be included? They are translated here.