أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ کَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَعُودُهُ وَهُوَ بِمَکَّةَ وَهُوَ يَکْرَهُ أَنْ يَمُوتَ بِالْأَرْضِ الَّذِي هَاجَرَ مِنْهَا قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَحِمَ اللَّهُ سَعْدَ ابْنَ عَفْرَائَ أَوْ يَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ سَعْدَ ابْنَ عَفْرَائَ وَلَمْ يَکُنْ لَهُ إِلَّا ابْنَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أُوصِي بِمَالِي کُلِّهِ قَالَ لَا قُلْتُ النِّصْفَ قَالَ لَا قُلْتُ فَالثُّلُثَ قَالَ الثُّلُثَ وَالثُّلُثُ کَثِيرٌ إِنَّکَ أَنْ تَدَعَ وَرَثَتَکَ أَغْنِيَائَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ تَدَعَهُمْ عَالَةً يَتَکَفَّفُونَ النَّاسَ مَا فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3663
It was narrated from ‘mir bin Saad that his father said: “The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم used to visit him when he was in Makkah, and he did not want to die in the land from which he had emigrated. The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: ‘May Allah have mercy on Saad bin ‘Afra’.’ He had only one daughter, and he said: ‘Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, shall I bequeath all my wealth?’ He said: ‘No.’ I said: ‘Half?’ He said: ‘No.’ I said: ‘One-third?’ He said: ‘One-third, and one-third is a lot. For you to leave your heirs independent of means is better than if you were to leave them poor, holding out their hands to people.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020