17. The Book Of Wills

English translation

2862. It was reported from Nāfi', from 'Abdullāh, meaning Ibn 'Umar, from the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, he said: "A Muslim who has anything with him to will, has no right to spend three nights except that his will is written with him." (Saḥīh)

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2862 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدُ بْنُ مُسَرْهَدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنِي نَافِعٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عُمَرَ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «مَا حَقُّ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ لَهُ شَيْءٌ يُوصِي فِيهِ يَبِيتُ لَيْلَتَيْنِ إِلَّا وَوَصِيَّتُهُ مَكْتُوبَةٌ عِنْدَهُ»

English translation

2863. It was reported from 'Āishah who said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ did not leave behind any Dinārs, Dirhams, camels or sheep, and he did not willed anything." (Saḥīh)

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2863 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: «مَا تَرَكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ دِينَارًا وَلَا دِرْهَمًا وَلَا بَعِيرًا وَلَا شَاةً وَلَا أَوْصَى بِشَيْءٍ»

English translation

2864. 'Āmir bin Sa'd reported from his father (Sa'd bin Abī Waqqāṣ), who said that when he fell sick — Ibn Abī Khalaf (one of the two narrators) said: "In Makkah," then they were in accord — which brought him very near to death, the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ visited him. He said: "O Messenger of Allāh! I have a lot of wealth, and I only have a daughter to inherit it, can I give two-third of it in charity?" He replied: "No". He said: "What about one-half?" He replied: "No". He said: "What about one-third." He replied: "(You may bequest for) one third, though one-third is a lot. If you leave your heirs rich it is better than leaving them poor, begging from the people. And whatever you spend, seeking to please Allāh, you will be rewarded for that, even a morsel you put in your wife's mouth." I said: "O Messenger of Allāh! Will I have stayed behind from emigration?" He said: "If you live after me and do righteous deeds for the sake of Allāh, you will but increase in rank and degree. Perhaps you will live until some people will benefit from you, and others will be harmed by you." Then he said: "O Allāh complete the emigration for my Companions, and do not turn them back, but the one who suffered is Sa'd bin Khawlah." The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ felt sorry for him as he had died in Makkah. (Sahih)

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2864 - حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَابْنُ أَبِي خَلَفٍ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: مَرِضَ مَرَضًا - قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي خَلَفٍ - بِمَكَّةَ، ثُمَّ اتَّفَقَا أَشْفَى فِيهِ فَعَادَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِي مَالًا كَثِيرًا وَلَيْسَ يَرِثُنِي إِلَّا ابْنَتِي أَفَأَتَصَدَّقُ بِالثُّلُثَيْنِ؟ قَالَ: «لَا». قَالَ: فَبِالشَّطْرِ؟ قَالَ: «لَا». قَالَ: فَبِالثُّلُثِ؟ قَالَ: «الثُّلُثُ وَالثُّلُثُ كَثِيرٌ، إِنَّكَ أَنْ تَتْرُكَ وَرَثَتَكَ أَغْنِيَاءَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ تَدَعَهُمْ عَالَةً يَتَكَفَّفُونَ النَّاسَ، وَإِنَّكَ لَنْ تُنْفِقَ نَفَقَةً إِلَّا أُجِرْتَ بِهَا حَتَّى اللُّقْمَةُ تَرْفَعُهَا إِلَى فِي امْرَأَتِكِ». قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَتَخَلَّفُ عَنْ هِجْرَتِي؟ قَالَ: «إِنَّكَ إِنْ تُخَلَّفْ بَعْدِي فَتَعْمَلَ عَمَلًا صَالِحًا تُرِيدُ بِهِ وَجْهَ اللَّهِ لَا تَزْدَادُ بِهِ إِلَّا رِفْعَةً وَدَرَجَةً لَعَلَّكَ أَنْ تُخَلَّفَ حَتَّى يَنْتَفِعَ بِكَ أَقْوَامٌ وَيُضَرَّ بِكَ آخَرُونَ». ثُمَّ قَالَ: «اللَّهُمَّ أَمْضِ لِأَصْحَابِي هِجْرَتَهُمْ وَلَا تَرُدَّهُمْ عَلَى أَعْقَابِهِمْ لَكِنِ الْبَائِسُ سَعْدُ بْنُ خَوْلَةَ يَرْثِي لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ مَاتَ بِمَكَّةَ»

English translation

2865. It was reported from Abū Hurairah who said: "A man said to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ: 'O Messenger of Allāh! Which kind of charity is best?' He replied: 'To spend (in charity) while you are healthy, aspiring, hoping to survive, and fearing poverty, and not delaying until death comes to you, then you say: "This and this is for so-and-so, this and this is for so-and-so," while it already belongs to so-and-so.'" (Sahih)

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2865 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عُمَارَةُ بْنُ الْقَعْقَاعِ، عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ جَرِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ: «أَنْ تَصَدَّقَ وَأَنْتَ صَحِيحٌ حَرِيصٌ تَأْمُلُ الْبَقَاءَ وَتَخْشَى الْفَقْرَ، وَلَا تُمْهِلَ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْحُلْقُومَ قُلْتَ لِفُلَانٍ كَذَا وَلِفُلَانٍ كَذَا، وَقَدْ كَانَ لِفُلَانٍ»

English translation

2866. It was reported from Abū Sa'eed Al-Khudrī, that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "For a person to give one Dirham in charity during his lifetime is better than one hundred Dirham in charity at the time of his death." (Da'if)

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2866 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ، عَنْ شُرَحْبِيلَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «لَأَنْ يَتَصَدَّقَ الْمَرْءُ فِي حَيَاتِهِ بِدِرْهَمٍ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَتَصَدَّقَ بِمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ»

English translation

2867. It was reported from Al-Ash'ath bin Jābir who said: "Shahr bin Hawshab narrated to me that Abū Hurairah narrated to him, that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'A man or a woman does the deeds of obedience to Allāh for sixty years, then when death comes to them they cause detriment through the bequest, and the Fire becomes mandatory on them.'" He (Shahr) said: "Abū Hurairah recited to me from: 'After the payment of legacies he (or she) may have bequeathed or debts, so that no loss is caused (to anyone)' until the Verse: 'that will be the great success.'" [1] (Hasan) Abū Dāwud said: Al-Ash'ath bin Jābir is the grandfather of Naṣr bin 'Alī (one of the narrators).

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2867 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْصَّمَدِ، حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْحُدَّانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَشْعَثُ بْنُ جَابِرٍ، حَدَّثَنِي شَهْرُ بْنُ حَوْشَبٍ، أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ حَدَّثَهُ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ وَالْمَرْأَةُ بِطَاعَةِ اللَّهِ سِتِّينَ سَنَةً ثُمَّ يَحْضُرُهُمَا الْمَوْتُ فَيُضَارَّانِ فِي الْوَصِيَّةِ فَتَجِبُ لَهُمَا النَّارُ» قَالَ: وَقَرَأَ عَلَيَّ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ مِنْ هَا هُنَا {مِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوصَى بِهَا أَوْ دَيْنٍ غَيْرَ مُضَارٍّ} [النساء: 12] حَتَّى بَلَغَ: {ذَلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ} [النساء: 13] قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: «هَذَا يَعْنِي الْأَشْعَثَ بْنَ جَابِرٍ جَدَّ نَصْرِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ»

English translation

2868. Abū Dharr said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said to me: [1] An-Nisā': 4:12,13. ‘O Abū Dharr! I see you as weak, and I love for you what I love for myself. Do not take command over two persons, and do not be a guardian over an orphan’s property.’ (Saḥīḥ) Abū Dāwūd said: The people of Egypt are alone with it.[1]

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2868 - حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُقْرِئُ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي سَالِمٍ الْجَيْشَانِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ، قَالَ: قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ إِنِّي أَرَاكَ ضَعِيفًا، وَإِنِّي أُحِبُّ لَكَ مَا أُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِي فَلَا تَأَمَّرَنَّ عَلَى اثْنَيْنِ وَلَا تَوَلَّيَنَّ مَالَ يَتِيمٍ» قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: «تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ أَهْلُ مِصْرَ»

English translation

2869. It was reported from Ibn ‘Abbās: “If he leaves wealth, that he makes a bequest to parents and next of kin”[2] (he said) the bequest was made in this way until the Verse of inheritance abrogated it. (Hasan)

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2869 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُسَيْنِ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ النَّحْوِيِّ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، " {إِنْ تَرَكَ خَيْرًا الْوَصِيَّةُ لِلْوَالِدَيْنِ وَالْأَقْرَبِينَ} [البقرة: 180]، فَكَانَتِ الْوَصِيَّةُ كَذَلِكَ حَتَّى نَسَخَتْهَا آيَةُ الْمِيرَاثِ "

English translation

2870. It was reported from Abū Umāmah, that he said: "I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ saying: 'Allāh has allotted to every rightful person what is due to him, so there is no willing to an heir.'" (Hasan)

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2870 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ نَجْدَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، عَنْ شُرَحْبِيلَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ، سَمِعْتُ أَبَا أُمَامَةَ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَعْطَى كُلَّ ذِي حَقٍّ حَقَّهُ فَلَا وَصِيَّةَ لِوَارِثٍ»

English translation

2871. It was reported from Ibn 'Abbās, who said: "When Allāh, the Mighty and Sublime, revealed: "And come not near to the orphan's property, except to improve it"[1] and: "Verily, those who unjustly eat up the property of orphans."[2] until the end of the Verse, whoever had an orphan with him, went and separated his food from the food of the orphan, and his drink from the drink of the orphan. The food of the orphan started to become surplus, which he would keep for him to eat, or until it spoiled. That became difficult on them, so they mentioned this to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ. So Allāh, the Mighty and Sublime, revealed: "And they ask you concerning orphans. Say: "The best thing is to work honestly in their property, and if you mix your affairs with theirs, then they are your brothers."[1] Then they mixed their food with his food, and their drink with his drink."

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2871 - حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: لَمَّا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: {وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا مَالَ الْيَتِيمِ إِلَّا بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ} [الأنعام: 152] وَ {إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ أَمْوَالَ الْيَتَامَى ظُلْمًا} [النساء: 10]، الْآيَةَ انْطَلَقَ مَنْ كَانَ عِنْدَهُ يَتِيمٌ فَعَزَلَ طَعَامَهُ مِنْ طَعَامِهِ وَشَرَابَهُ مِنْ شَرَابِهِ، فَجَعَلَ يَفْضُلُ مِنْ طَعَامِهِ فَيُحْبَسُ لَهُ حَتَّى يَأْكُلَهُ أَوْ يَفْسُدَ، فَاشْتَدَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: " {وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْيَتَامَى قُلْ إِصْلَاحٌ لَهُمْ خَيْرٌ وَإِنْ تُخَالِطُوهُمْ فَإِخْوَانُكُمْ} [البقرة: 220]، فَخَلَطُوا طَعَامَهُمْ بِطَعَامِهِ وَشَرَابَهُمْ بِشَرَابِهِ "

English translation

2872. It was reported from 'Amr bin Shu'aib, from his father, from his grandfather, that a man came to the Prophet ﷺ, and said: "I am a poor person, I have nothing with me, and I have an orphan." He said: "Eat from the wealth of your orphan without extravagance, nor haste, nor using it for trade." (Hasan)

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2872 - حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ، أَنَّ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ حَدَّثَهُمْ، حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ يَعْنِي الْمُعَلِّمَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: إِنِّي فَقِيرٌ لَيْسَ لِي شَيْءٌ وَلِي يَتِيمٌ. قَالَ: فَقَالَ: «كُلْ مِنْ مَالِ يَتِيمِكَ غَيْرَ مُسْرِفٍ، وَلَا مُبَادِرٍ، وَلَا مُتَأَثِّلٍ»

English translation

2873. It was reported from 'Alī bin Abī Tālib, that he said: "I memorized from the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ: 'There is no orphan after attaining puberty, and there is no observance of silence for the whole day until night.'" (Da'if)

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2873 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَدِينِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ ابْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ رُقَيْشٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ شُيُوخًا مِنْ بَنِي عَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ، وَمِنْ خَالِهِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَحْمَدَ، قَالَ: قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ: حَفِظْتُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ «لَا يُتْمَ بَعْدَ احْتِلَامٍ، وَلَا صُمَاتَ يَوْمٍ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ»

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2874. It was reported from Abul-Ghaith, from Abū Hurairah that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Avoid the seven destroyers." They said: "O Messenger of Allāh! And what are they?" He replied: "Committing Shirk with Allāh, magic, to kill someone that Allāh has prohibited — except by right — consuming Ribā, consuming the wealth of an orphan, to flee on the day of the march (to battle), and to slander the chaste, unaware, believing women.” (Sāḥih) Abū Dāwūd said: Abū Al-Ghaith Sālim, the freed slave of Ibn Muṭī.

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2874 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بِلَالٍ، عَنْ ثَوْرِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الْغَيْثِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «اجْتَنِبُوا السَّبْعَ الْمُوبِقَاتِ». قِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا هُنَّ؟ قَالَ: «الشِّرْكُ بِاللَّهِ، وَالسِّحْرُ، وَقَتْلُ النَّفْسِ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ، وَأَكْلُ الرِّبَا، وَأَكْلُ مَالِ الْيَتِيمِ، وَالتَّوَلِّي يَوْمَ الزَّحْفِ، وَقَذْفُ الْمُحْصَنَاتِ الْغَافِلَاتِ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ» قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: «أَبُو الْغَيْثِ سَالِمٌ مَوْلَى ابْنِ مُطِيعٍ»

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2875. It was reported from ‘Ubaid bin ‘Umair, from his father, that he narrated to him — and he was a Companion of the Prophet ﷺ — that a man asked: “O Messenger of Allāh! What are the major sins?” He replied: “They are nine.” And he mentioned its meaning (as preceded), and added: “disobeying Muslim parents, and violating Al-Bait Al-Ḥarām (the Sacred House) which is your Qiblah during life and after death.” (Ḍa’if)

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2875 - حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْجُوْزَجَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هَانِئٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَرْبُ بْنُ شَدَّادٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُ، وَكَانَتْ لَهُ صُحْبَةٌ أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَهُ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا الْكَبَائِرُ؟ فَقَالَ: «هُنَّ تِسْعٌ»، فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَاهُ زَادَ: «وَعُقُوقُ الْوَالِدَيْنِ الْمُسْلِمَيْنِ، وَاسْتِحْلَالُ الْبَيْتِ الْحَرَامِ قِبْلَتِكُمْ أَحْيَاءً وَأَمْوَاتًا»

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2876. It was reported from Khabbāb who said: "Muṣ'ab bin 'Umayr was killed on the Day of Uhud, and he had nothing but a Namirah. When we covered his head with it his legs were exposed, and when we covered his legs with it his head was exposed. So the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Cover his head with it, and put some Idhkhīr over his legs." (Sahīh)

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2876 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ خَبَّابٍ قَالَ مُصْعَبُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ: قُتِلَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ وَلَمْ تَكُنْ لَهُ إِلَّا نَمِرَةٌ كُنَّا إِذَا غَطَّيْنَا بِهَا رَأْسَهُ خَرَجَتْ رِجْلَاهُ، وَإِذَا غَطَّيْنَا رِجْلَيْهِ خَرَجَ رَأْسُهُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «غَطُّوا بِهَا رَأْسَهُ، وَاجْعَلُوا عَلَى رِجْلَيْهِ مِنَ الإِذْخِرِ»

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2877. It was reported from Buraidah that a woman came to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and said: "I gave a slave-girl to my mother as charity, and she died and left behind that slave-girl." He said: "Your reward has been granted and she is returned back to you in inheritance." She said: "She died and a month's fasting was due on her. Will it be sufficient" — or "fulfilled for her if I fast it for her?" He replied: "Yes." She said: “And she has not performed Hajj, will it be sufficient” — Or “fulfilled for her if I perform Hajj for her?” He replied: “Yes.” (Sahih)

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2877 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بَنِ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ بُرَيْدَةَ، أَنَّ امْرَأَةً أَتَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَتْ: كُنْتُ تَصَدَّقْتُ عَلَى أُمِّي بِوَلِيدَةٍ، وَإِنَّهَا مَاتَتْ وَتَرَكَتْ تِلْكَ الْوَلِيدَةَ قَالَ: «قَدْ وَجَبَ أَجْرُكِ وَرَجَعَتْ إِلَيْكِ فِي الْمِيرَاثِ». قَالَتْ: وَإِنَّهَا مَاتَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا صَوْمُ شَهْرٍ أَفَيُجْزِئُ أَوْ يَقْضِي عَنْهَا أَنْ أَصُومَ عَنْهَا؟ قَالَ: «نَعَمْ». قَالَتْ: وَإِنَّهَا لَمْ تَحُجَّ أَفَيُجْزِئُ أَوْ يَقْضِي عَنْهَا أَنْ أَحُجَّ عَنْهَا؟ قَالَ: «نَعَمْ»

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2878. It was reported from Nāfi', from Ibn 'Umar who said: “‘Umar acquired some land in Khaibar, so he came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: ‘I acquired some land and I have never acquired a property more precious than it, so what do you advise me to do with it?’ He replied: ‘If you wish institute an endowment of it and give in charity from its (profit).’ So ‘Umar gave it in charity, and stated that the property is not to be sold entirely, nor given away, nor inherited but it is (to be used) for the poor, and near kindred, and freeing slaves, and in the cause of Allāh, and for the wayfarers” — and he added from Bishr:[1] “and the guests.” Then they were in accord: “There will be no sin on the administrator of the property to eat from it within what is customary, and to feed a friend from it without making it his own property.” And he added from Bishr: “And Muḥammad[1] said: ‘Without trying to amass wealth from it.’” (Saḥīḥ)

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2878 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ، ح وحَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ، ح وحَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: أَصَابَ عُمَرُ أَرْضًا بِخَيْبَرَ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: أَصَبْتُ أَرْضًا لَمْ أُصِبْ مَالًا قَطُّ أَنْفَسَ عِنْدِي مِنْهُ فَكَيْفَ تَأْمُرُنِي بِهِ؟ قَالَ: «إِنْ شِئْتَ حَبَّسْتَ أَصْلَهَا وَتَصَدَّقْتَ بِهَا». فَتَصَدَّقَ بِهَا عُمَرُ أَنَّهُ لَا يُبَاعُ أَصْلُهَا، وَلَا يُوهَبُ ، وَلَا يُوَرَّثُ لِلْفُقَرَاءِ وَالْقُرْبَى وَالرِّقَابِ، وَفِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ، وَابْنِ السَّبِيلِ وَزَادَ عَنْ بِشْرٍ: «وَالضَّيْفِ»، ثُمَّ اتَّفَقُوا: لَا جُنَاحَ عَلَى مَنْ وَلِيَهَا أَنْ يَأْكُلَ مِنْهَا بِالْمَعْرُوفِ، وَيُطْعِمَ صَدِيقًا غَيْرَ مُتَمَوِّلٍ فِيهِ. زَادَ عَنْ بِشْرٍ قَالَ: وَقَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ: غَيْرَ مُتَأَثِّلٍ مَالًا

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2879. It was narrated from Yaḥyā bin Sa‘eed, regarding the endowment of ‘Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb, he said: “‘Abdul-Ḥamīd bin ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb copied it (the document) for me: ‘In the Name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. This is what the worshiper of Allāh, ‘Umar, has written about Thamgh.’” He narrated in the report similar to the Hadīth of Nāfi’ (no. 2878). He added: “Without amassing wealth, whatever surplus there is from its fruits, then it is for the beggars and the deprived ones.” He said: “And he cited the narration. He said: ‘If the administrator of Thamgh wishes to buy a slave from its fruits for the work then he may do so.’ It was written by Mu‘aiqīb and witnessed by ‘Abdullāh bin Al-Arqam. In the Name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. This is what has been directed by the worshiper of Allāh, ‘Umar, the Commander of the Believers, if anything happens to him, then Thamgh, Ṣirmah bin Al-Akwa’, and the slave who is there, and the hundred shares which are in (the land of) Khaibar, the slave who is there, and the hundred shares which Muḥammad ﷺ donated to him in the valley, will remain in the custody of Ḥafṣah during her lifetime, then will go in the custody of a man of insight from her family. These will neither be sold, nor purchased. It (the produce) will be spent on where he sees it is appropriate, for the beggars, the deprived ones, and those near kindred. There is no harm for the one administering to eat, feed, and buy a slave from it.”” (Hasan)

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2879 - حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بِنُ دَاوُدَ الْمَهْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، " عَنْ صَدَقَةِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: نَسَخَهَا لِي عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ: بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ، هَذَا مَا كَتَبَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عُمَرُ فِي ثَمْغٍ، فَقَصَّ مِنْ خَبَرِهِ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ نَافِعٍ، قَالَ: «غَيْرَ مُتَأَثِّلٍ مَالًا، فَمَا عَفَا عَنْهُ مِنْ ثَمَرِهِ فَهُوَ لِلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ». قَالَ: وَسَاقَ الْقِصَّةَ قَالَ: وَإِنْ شَاءَ وَلِيُّ ثَمْغٍ اشْتَرَى مِنْ ثَمَرِهِ رَقِيقًا لِعَمَلِهِ. وَكَتَبَ مُعَيْقِيبٌ، وَشَهِدَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْأَرْقَمِ: بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ هَذَا مَا أَوْصَى بِهِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عُمَرُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنْ حَدَثَ بِهِ حَدَثٌ أَنَّ ثَمْغًا وَصِرْمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ وَالْعَبْدَ الَّذِي فِيهِ وَالْمِائَةَ سَهْمٍ الَّتِي بِخَيْبَرَ وَرَقِيقَهُ الَّذِي فِيهِ، وَالْمِائَةَ الَّتِي أَطْعَمَهُ مُحَمَّدٌ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِالْوَادِي تَلِيهِ حَفْصَةُ مَا عَاشَتْ، ثُمَّ يَلِيهِ ذُو الرَّأْيِ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا أَنْ لَا يُبَاعَ وَلَا يُشْتَرَى يُنْفِقُهُ حَيْثُ رَأَى مِنَ السَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ وَذَوِي الْقُرْبَى، وَلَا حَرَجَ عَلَى مَنْ وَلِيَهُ إِنْ أَكَلَ أَوْ آكَلَ أَوِ اشْتَرَى رَقِيقًا مِنْهُ "

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2880. It was reported from Abū Hurairah that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “When a person dies his deeds discontinue, except for three things: Ongoing charity, knowledge which people benefit from, and a righteous son who prays for him.” (Sahih)

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2880 - حَدَّثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ بِلَالٍ، عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أُرَاهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " إِذَا مَاتَ الْإِنْسَانُ انْقَطَعَ عَنْهُ عَمَلُهُ إِلَّا مِنْ ثَلَاثَةِ أَشْيَاءَ: مِنْ صَدَقَةٍ جَارِيَةٍ، أَوْ عِلْمٍ يُنْتَفَعُ بِهِ، أَوْ وَلَدٍ صَالِحٍ يَدْعُو لَهُ "

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2881. It was reported from 'Aishah that a woman said: "O Messenger of Allāh! My mother died suddenly, if it were not for that, she would have given in charity and donated. Will it suffice if I give charity on her behalf?" The Prophet ﷺ said: "Yes, give in charity on her behalf." (Sahih)

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2881 - حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ امْرَأَةً قَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أُمِّي افْتُلِتَتْ نَفْسُهَا، وَلَوْلَا ذَلِكَ لَتَصَدَّقَتْ وَأَعْطَتْ، أَفَيُجْزِئُ أَنْ أَتَصَدَّقَ عَنْهَا؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «نَعَمْ فَتَصَدَّقِي عَنْهَا»

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2882. It was reported from Ibn 'Abbās that a man said: "O Messenger of Allāh! His mother died; will it benefit her if he gave charity on her behalf?" He replied: "Yes." He said: "I have a garden, and I make you a witness that I have given it in charity on her behalf." (Sahih)

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2882 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أُمِّي تُوُفِّيَتْ أَفَيَنْفَعُهَا إِنْ تَصَدَّقْتُ عَنْهَا؟ فَقَالَ: «نَعَمْ». قَالَ: فَإِنَّ لِي مَخْرَفًا، وَإِنِّي أُشْهِدُكَ أَنِّي قَدْ تَصَدَّقْتُ بِهِ عَنْهَا

English translation

2883. It was reported from 'Amr bin Shu'aib, from his father, from his grandfather, that Al-'Āsh bin Wa'il instructed in his will that one hundred slaves be freed on his behalf. His son Hishām freed fifty slaves, and his son 'Amr wanted to free the remaining fifty on his behalf. He said: "I will not do it until I ask the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ." So he came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: "O Messenger of Allāh! My father instructed in his will to free one hundred slaves on his behalf. Hishām has freed fifty slaves on his behalf, and fifty remain. Can I free them on his behalf?" The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "If he had been a Muslim; and you freed the slaves on his behalf, gave charity on his behalf, and performed Hajj (pilgrimage) on his behalf it would have reached him." (Hasan)

Arabic text

2883 - حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مَزْيَدٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي حَسَّانُ بْنُ عَطِيَّةَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، أَنَّ الْعَاصَ بْنَ وَائِلٍ أَوْصَى أَنْ يُعْتِقَ عَنْهُ مِائَةُ رَقَبَةٍ، فَأَعْتَقَ ابْنُهُ هِشَامٌ خَمْسِينَ رَقَبَةً، فَأَرَادَ ابْنُهُ عَمْرٌو أَنْ يُعْتِقَ عَنْهُ الْخَمْسِينَ الْبَاقِيَةَ، فَقَالَ: حَتَّى أَسْأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَبِي أَوْصَى بِعَتْقِ مِائَةِ رَقَبَةٍ، وَإِنَّ هِشَامًا أَعْتَقَ عَنْهُ خَمْسِينَ وَبَقِيَتْ عَلَيْهِ خَمْسُونَ رَقَبَةً، أَفَأُعْتِقُ عَنْهُ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنَّهُ لَوْ كَانَ مُسْلِمًا فَأَعْتَقْتُمْ عَنْهُ أَوْ تَصَدَّقْتُمْ عَنْهُ أَوْ حَجَجْتُمْ عَنْهُ بَلَغَهُ ذَلِكَ»

English translation

2884. It was reported from Jābir bin 'Abdullāh who said that his father died and left a debt he had with a Jew for thirty Wasq. Jābir requested him to defer payment for a while but he refused, so Jābir requested the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ to intercede with him on his behalf. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ came and spoke to the Jew to take dates instead of the debt that he was owed, but he refused. Then the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ spoke to him to defer it for a while, but he refused. — Then he narrated the rest of the Hadith. (Sahih)

Arabic text

2884 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ، أَنَّ شُعَيْبَ بْنَ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَهُمْ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ، أَنَّ أَبَاهُ تُوُفِّيَ وَتَرَكَ عَلَيْهِ ثَلَاثِينَ وَسْقًا لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ يَهُودَ فَاسْتَنْظَرَهُ جَابِرٌ فَأَبَى، فَكَلَّمَ جَابِرٌ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يَشْفَعَ لَهُ إِلَيْهِ، «فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَكَلَّمَ الْيَهُودِيَّ لِيَأْخُذَ ثَمَرَ نَخْلِهِ بِالَّذِي لَهُ عَلَيْهِ فَأَبَى عَلَيْهِ، وَكَلَّمَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يُنْظِرَهُ فَأَبَى» وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ