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3936. Narrated Sa'd bin Mālik رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: In the year of Hajjat-ul-Wadā', the Prophet ﷺ visited me when I fell ill and was about to die because of that illness. I said, "O Allāh's Messenger! I am very ill as you see, and I am a rich man and have no heir except my only daughter. Shall I give two-third of my property in charity?" He said, "No." I said, "Shall I then give half of it in charity?" He said, "O Sa'd! Give one-third (in charity) and even one-third is too much. No doubt, it is better to leave your children rich than to leave them poor, reduced to begging from others. And Allāh will reward you for whatever you spend with the intention of gaining Allāh's Pleasure, even if it were a mouthful of food you put into your wife's mouth." I said, "O Allāh's Messenger! Am I
to be left behind (in Makkah) after my Companions have gone?" He said, "If you should be left behind, you will be upgraded and elevated for every deed you will do with a desire to achieve Allāh's Pleasure. I hope that you will live long so that some people will be benefited by you while others will be harmed. O Allāh! Please fulfil the emigration of my Companions and do not make them turn back on their heels.(1) But (we feel sorry for) the unlucky Sa'd bin Khaulah." Allāh's Messenger ﷺ lamented his death in Makkah.
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