أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ وَاللَّفْظُ لِأَحْمَدَ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ سَعْدٍ قَالَ جَائَنِي النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَعُودُنِي وَأَنَا بِمَکَّةَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أُوصِي بِمَالِي کُلِّهِ قَالَ لَا قُلْتُ فَالشَّطْرَ قَالَ لَا قُلْتُ فَالثُّلُثَ قَالَ الثُّلُثَ وَالثُّلُثُ کَثِيرٌ إِنَّکَ أَنْ تَدَعَ وَرَثَتَکَ أَغْنِيَائَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ تَدَعَهُمْ عَالَةً يَتَکَفَّفُونَ النَّاسَ يَتَکَفَّفُونَ فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3662
It was narrated that Saad said: “The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم came to visit me when I was in Makkah. I said: ‘Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, shall I bequeath all my money?’ He said: ‘No.’ I said: ‘One half?’ He said: ‘No.’ I said: ‘One-third?’ He said: ‘(Bequeath) one-third, and one-third is a lot. If you leave your heirs independent of means, that is better than if you leave them poor and holding out their hands to people.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020