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1295. Narrated Sa'd bin Abī Waqqās رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: In the year of the last Hajj of the Prophet ﷺ I became seriously ill and the Prophet ﷺ visited me enquiring about my health. I told him, "I am reduced to this state because of illness and I am wealthy and have no inheritors except a daughter. Should I give two-third of my property in charity?" He said, "No." I asked, "Half?" He said, "No." then he added, "One-third, and even one third is much. You'd better leave your inheritors wealthy rather than leaving them poor, begging others. You will get a reward for whatever you spend for Allāh's sake, even for what you put in your wife's mouth." I said, "O Allāh's Messenger! Will I be left alone after my companions have gone?" He said, "If you are left behind, whatever good deeds you will do will up-grade you and raise you high. And perhaps you will have a long life, so that some people will be benefitted by you while others will be harmed by you. O Allāh! Complete the emigration of my Companions and do not turn them renegades." But, Allāh's Messenger ﷺ felt sorry for poor Sa'd bin Khaula as he died in Makkah." (But Sa'd bin Abi Waqqāsh lived long after the Prophet ﷺ).