English translation
2742. Narrated Sa'd bin Abī Waqqāṣ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: The Prophet ﷺ came visiting me while I was (sick) in Makkah, ('Āmir the subnarrator said, and he disliked to die in the land whence he had already migrated). He (i.e., the Prophet ﷺ) said, "May Allāh bestow His Mercy on Ibn 'Afrā' (Sa'd bin Khaula)." I said, "O Allāh's Messenger! May I will all my property (in charity)?" He said, "No." I said, "Then may I will half of it?" He said, "No." I said, "One-third?" He said, "Yes, one-third, yet even one-third is too much. It is better for you to leave your inheritors wealthy than to leave them (poor) begging others, and whatever you spend for Allāh's sake will be considered as a charitable deed, even the handful of food you put in your wife's mouth. Allāh may lengthen your age so that some people may benefit by you, and some others be harmed by you." At that time Sa'd had only one daughter.