مسند الحميدي
Musnad al-Humaydi
Hadiths of Abdullah ibn Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him)
Hadith Number 739
Hadith 739
739 - حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ قَالَ: ثنا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ: ثنا مَالِكُ بْنُ مِغْوَلٍ، عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ مَصَرِّفٍ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَي: هَلْ أَوْصَي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟ فَقَالَ: لَمْ يَتْرُكْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ شَيْئًا يُوصِي فِيهِ، قُلْتُ: وَكَيْفَ أَمَرَ النَّاسَ بِالْوَصِيَّةِ وَلَمْ يُوصِ؟ قَالَ: «أَوْصَي بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ» قَالَ طَلْحَةُ: قَالَ الْهُزَيْلُ بْنُ شُرَحْبِيلٍ: أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَتَقَدَّمُ عَلَي وَصَي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَدَّ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَنَّهُ وَجَدَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ عَهْدًا، فَخَزَمَ بِهِ أَنْفَهُ
Talhah bin Musarrif narrates: I asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him): Did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) make any bequest (wasiyyah)? He replied: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not leave anything about which he would make a bequest. I asked: Then why did he (peace and blessings be upon him) command people to make bequests, while he himself did not make one? He replied: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made a bequest according to the Book of Allah, the Exalted. The narrator named Talhah says: Huzail bin Shurahbil says: Could Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) surpass someone about whom the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had made a bequest? Whereas Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) was eager to know any command of Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and to accept it completely.
