صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب الوصيةThe Book of Wills
باب تَرْكِ الْوَصِيَّةِ لِمَنْ لَيْسَ لَهُ شيء يُوصِي فِيهِ:Chapter: Not Making A Will For One Who Has Nothing To Be Bequeathed
Hadith 1634
حَدَّثَنَا حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَي بْنُ يَحْيَي التَّمِيمِيُّ ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ مِغْوَلٍ ، عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ مُصَرِّفٍ ، قَالَ : " سَأَلْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى ، هَلْ أَوْصَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ؟ ، فَقَالَ : لَا ، قُلْتُ : فَلِمَ كُتِبَ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ الْوَصِيَّةُ أَوْ فَلِمَ أُمِرُوا بِالْوَصِيَّةِ ؟ ، قَالَ : أَوْصَى بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ " ،
Talha bin Musarrif reported: I asked 'Abdullah bin Abu Aufa whether Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had made any will (in regard to his property). He said: No. I said: Then why has making of will been made necessary for the Muslims, or why were they commanded to make will? Thereupon he said: He made the will according to the Book of Allah, the Exalted and Majestic.
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وحَدَّثَنَاه أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ . ح وحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي كِلَاهُمَا ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ مِغْوَلٍ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ مِثْلَهُ ، غَيْرَ أَنَّ فِي حَدِيثِ وَكِيعٍ ، قُلْتُ : فَكَيْفَ أُمِرَ النَّاسُ بِالْوَصِيَّةِ ؟ ، وَفِي حَدِيثِ ابْنِ نُمَيْرٍ ، قُلْتُ : كَيْفَ كُتِبَ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ الْوَصِيَّةُ ؟ .
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Malik bin Mighwal with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of words. In the hadith related by Waki (the words are) "I said: How have the people been ordered about the will"; and in the hadith of Ibn Numair (the words are): "How has the will been prescribed for the Muslims, '.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Benefits and Issues:
Abdullah bin Awfa radi Allahu anhu thought that the questioner’s intent was to ask about a bequest (wasiyyah) regarding the caliphate for Ali radi Allahu anhu, or a bequest concerning wealth for the Ahl al-Bayt, because the Shia used to propagate this greatly. Therefore, he replied in the negative. Otherwise, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam did make bequests regarding many things. The bequest regarding the Book of Allah refers to his statement: (I have left among you two matters; you will never go astray as long as you hold fast to them: the Book of Allah), that is, I am leaving among you something, if you hold firmly to it, you will not go astray, meaning the Book of Allah.
Benefits and Issues:
Abdullah bin Awfa radi Allahu anhu thought that the questioner’s intent was to ask about a bequest (wasiyyah) regarding the caliphate for Ali radi Allahu anhu, or a bequest concerning wealth for the Ahl al-Bayt, because the Shia used to propagate this greatly. Therefore, he replied in the negative. Otherwise, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam did make bequests regarding many things. The bequest regarding the Book of Allah refers to his statement: (I have left among you two matters; you will never go astray as long as you hold fast to them: the Book of Allah), that is, I am leaving among you something, if you hold firmly to it, you will not go astray, meaning the Book of Allah.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 4227
