سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الوصاياWills (Kitab Al-Wasaya)
باب مَا جَاءَ فِي كَرَاهِيَةِ الإِضْرَارِ فِي الْوَصِيَّةِChapter: What Has Been Related About It Being Disliked To Cause Harm With The Will.
Hadith 2867
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْصَّمَدِ ، حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْحُدَّانِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَشْعَثُ بْنُ جَابِرٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي شَهْرُ بْنُ حَوْشَبٍ ، أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ حَدَّثَهُ ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : " إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ وَالْمَرْأَةُ بِطَاعَةِ اللَّهِ سِتِّينَ سَنَةً ، ثُمَّ يَحْضُرُهُمَا الْمَوْتُ فَيُضَارَّانِ فِي الْوَصِيَّةِ فَتَجِبُ لَهُمَا النَّارُ " ، قَالَ : وَقَرَأَ عَلَيَّ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ مِنْ هَا هُنَا مِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوصَى بِهَا أَوْ دَيْنٍ غَيْرَ مُضَارٍّ حَتَّى بَلَغَ ذَلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : هَذَا يَعْنِي الأَشْعَثَ بْنَ جَابِرٍ ، جَدُّ نَصْرِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ .
Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet ﷺ said: A man or a woman acts in obedience to Allah for sixty years, then when they are about to die they cause injury by their will, so they must go to Hell. Then Abu Hurairah recited: "After a legacy which you bequeath or a debt, causing no injury. . . that will be the mighty success. Abu Dawud said: Al-Ashath bin Jabir is the grandfather of Nasr bin Ali.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
The meaning is clear that causing harm to heirs through a will is a major sin and a transgression of Allah’s limits.
And such a will is not permissible.
The meaning is clear that causing harm to heirs through a will is a major sin and a transgression of Allah’s limits.
And such a will is not permissible.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2867
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
The manner of causing harm is as follows: for example, making a bequest (wasiyyah) of more than one third of the wealth, or gifting all the wealth to one of the heirs, or before making the bequest, falsely claiming debts upon oneself in order to deprive others.
It is evident that in all these cases, the heirs will suffer loss.
Therefore, the punishment for this is also severe.
2:
After the bequest you have made and after the repayment of debts, provided that no one else has been harmed, this is what has been prescribed by Allah,
and Allah is All-Knowing, Forbearing.
These are the limits set by Allah, and whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger, Allah will admit him to gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever, and that is the great success.
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Note:
(In the chain of narration, Shahr ibn Hawshab is a weak narrator.)
1:
The manner of causing harm is as follows: for example, making a bequest (wasiyyah) of more than one third of the wealth, or gifting all the wealth to one of the heirs, or before making the bequest, falsely claiming debts upon oneself in order to deprive others.
It is evident that in all these cases, the heirs will suffer loss.
Therefore, the punishment for this is also severe.
2:
After the bequest you have made and after the repayment of debts, provided that no one else has been harmed, this is what has been prescribed by Allah,
and Allah is All-Knowing, Forbearing.
These are the limits set by Allah, and whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger, Allah will admit him to gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever, and that is the great success.
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Note:
(In the chain of narration, Shahr ibn Hawshab is a weak narrator.)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 2117
