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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
مسند سعد بن أبي وقاص
Musnad of Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas
مُسْنَدُ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ
Musnad of Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas
Musnad Abi Ya'la 779 — I was ill, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ : عَادَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَأَنَا مَرِيضٌ ، فَقَالَ : « أَوْصَيْتَ ؟ » قُلْتُ : نَعَمْ ، قَالَ : بِكَمْ ؟ قُلْتُ : بِمَالِي كُلِّهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ ، قَالَ : فَمَا تَرَكْتَ لِوَلَدِكَ ؟ قَالَ : قُلْتُ : هُمْ أَغْنِيَاءُ بِخَيْرٍ ، قَالَ : أَوْصِ بِالْعُشْرِ ، فَمَا زِلْتُ أُنَاقِصُهُ وَيُنَاقِصُنِي حَتَّى قَالَ : أَوْصِ بِالثُّلُثِ وَالثُّلُثُ كَثِيرٌ .
قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ : فَنَحْنُ نَسْتَحِبُّ أَنْ يُنْقَصَ مِنَ الثُّلُثِ لِقَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : « وَالثُّلُثُ كَثِيرٌ » .
قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ : فَنَحْنُ نَسْتَحِبُّ أَنْ يُنْقَصَ مِنَ الثُّلُثِ لِقَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : « وَالثُّلُثُ كَثِيرٌ » .
Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I was ill, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to visit me and said: "Have you made a will?" I said: "Yes." He said: "For how much?" I said: "For all my wealth, in the path of Allah." He said: "Then what have you left for your children?" I said: "They are wealthy and well off." He said: "Make a will for a tenth." I kept arguing for more and he (peace and blessings be upon him) for less, until he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Make a will for a third, and a third is a lot." Abu Abd al-Rahman (al-Sulami) (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "That is why we consider it preferable to bequeath less than a third, because of the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): 'And a third is a lot.'"
