سنن نسائي
Sunan an-Nasa'i
كتاب الوصايا
The Book of Wills
بَابُ : الْوَصِيَّةِ بِالثُّلُثِ
Chapter: Bequeathing One-Third
Hadith 3664
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، قَالَ : لَوْ غَضَّ النَّاسُ إِلَى الرُّبُعِ ، لِأَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : " الثُّلُثَ ، وَالثُّلُثُ كَثِيرٌ أَوْ كَبِيرٌ " .
´It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said:` "If the people were to reduce (their bequests) to one-quarter (of their wealth, that would be better), because the Messenger of Allah said: 'One-third, and one-third is much or large.'"
