It is Disliked To Delay Making A Will
Darussalam · Volume 4
30. The Book Of Wills(المعجم ٣٠) - كتاب الوصاياSunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 3611 ¦ الجزء: 6 ¦ الصفحة: 237
Source no. 3611 · Volume 8 · Page 183
Sahih
صحيح، صحيح أبي داود (٢٥٥١) ، الإرواء (١٦٠٢)
Source no. 3376 · Volume 2 · Page 768
Sahih
(صحيح) - صحيح أبي داود ٢٥٥١، الإرواء ١٦٠٢: ق.
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3641. It was narrated that Abû Hurairah said: "A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allâh, what kind of charity brings the greatest reward?' He said: 'To give in charity when you are healthy and feeling miserly, and fearing poverty and hoping for a long life. Do not wait until the (death rattle) reaches the throat and then say: "This is for so and so," and it nearly became the property of so and so (the heirs).'" (Sahih)
3611 - أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ، عَنْ عُمَارَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَعْظَمُ أَجْرًا؟ قَالَ: " أَنْ تَصَدَّقَ وَأَنْتَ صَحِيحٌ شَحِيحٌ تَخْشَى الْفَقْرَ وَتَأْمُلُ الْبَقَاءَ، وَلَا تُمْهِلْ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْحُلْقُومَ، قُلْتَ: لِفُلَانٍ كَذَا وَقَدْ كَانَ لِفُلَانٍ "
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1. The best charity is that you give when you yourself are in need of it, because this sort of charity affords conclusive evidence to one's sincerity of intention. If one gives charity at a time when one is not in need of it, or when there is no hope of one's surviving, then such a charity is the charity given out of superfluous wealth, which is of no value or consequence. 2. The signification of this Hadîth in this chapter is that one should make it a constant practice to give charity, which would not necessitate the bequeathing. Moreover, delay would also not intervene. 3. "Became the property of so and so. No sooner do you die than your heirs would become the owner of your wealth, and it would be under their jurisdiction, or at their disposal. In other words, it is no longer yours!