سنن نسائي
Sunan an-Nasa'i
كتاب الوصايا
The Book of Wills
بَابُ : الْكَرَاهِيَةِ فِي تَأْخِيرِ الْوَصِيَّةِ
Chapter: It Is Disliked To Delay Making A Will
Hadith 3641
أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ ، عَنْ عُمَارَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، أَيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَعْظَمُ أَجْرًا ؟ قَالَ : " أَنْ تَصَدَّقَ ، وَأَنْتَ صَحِيحٌ شَحِيحٌ تَخْشَى الْفَقْرَ ، وَتَأْمُلُ الْبَقَاءَ ، وَلَا تُمْهِلْ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْحُلْقُومَ قُلْتَ لِفُلَانٍ : كَذَا وَقَدْ كَانَ لِفُلَانٍ " .
´It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said:` "A man came to the Prophet and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what kind of charity brings the greatest reward?' He said: 'To give in charity when you are healthy and feeling miserly, and fearing poverty and hoping for a long life. Do not wait until the (death rattle) reaches the throat and then say: "This is for so and so," and it nearly became the property of so and so (the heirs).'"
