Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 975
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ عَادَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَنَا مَرِيضٌ فَقَالَ " أَوْصَيْتَ " . قُلْتُ نَعَمْ . قَالَ " بِكَمْ " . قُلْتُ بِمَالِي كُلِّهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ . قَالَ " فَمَا تَرَكْتَ لِوَلَدِكَ " . قُلْتُ هُمْ أَغْنِيَاءُ بِخَيْرٍ . قَالَ " أَوْصِ بِالْعُشْرِ " . فَمَا زِلْتُ أُنَاقِصُهُ حَتَّى قَالَ " أَوْصِ بِالثُّلُثِ وَالثُّلُثُ كَثِيرٌ " . قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَنَحْنُ نَسْتَحِبُّ أَنْ يَنْقُصَ مِنَ الثُّلُثِ لِقَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " وَالثُّلُثُ كَثِيرٌ " . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ سَعْدٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْهُ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْهُ " وَالثُّلُثُ كَبِيرٌ " . وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ لاَ يَرَوْنَ أَنْ يُوصِيَ الرَّجُلُ بِأَكْثَرَ مِنَ الثُّلُثِ وَيَسْتَحِبُّونَ أَنْ يَنْقُصَ مِنَ الثُّلُثِ . قَالَ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ كَانُوا يَسْتَحِبُّونَ فِي الْوَصِيَّةِ الْخُمُسَ دُونَ الرُّبُعِ وَالرُّبُعَ دُونَ الثُّلُثِ وَمَنْ أَوْصَى بِالثُّلُثِ فَلَمْ يَتْرُكْ شَيْئًا وَلاَ يَجُوزُ لَهُ إِلاَّ الثُّلُثُ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
The Messenger of Allah visited Saʿd ibn Mālik while he was ill and asked, ‘Have you made a bequest?’ Saʿd said he had bequeathed all his wealth in Allah’s cause. The Prophet asked what he had left for his children. Saʿd replied that they were well off. The Prophet told him to bequeath one tenth. Saʿd kept asking to increase it until the Prophet said, ‘Bequeath one third, and one third is a lot.’ Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān said they preferred bequeathing less than one third. Scholars act upon this report and do not allow bequeathing more than one third. Sufyān al-Thawrī said they preferred one fifth over one quarter, and one quarter over one third. Whoever bequeaths one third leaves nothing further to bequeath; only one third is permitted.