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2116. ‘Āmir bin Sa’d bin Abī Waqqas narrated from his father who said: “I was ill during the year of the Conquest (of Makkah) with an illness bringing me to the brink of death. So the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ came to visit me, and I said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh! Indeed I have a great deal of wealth and I do not have any heirs except my daughter, so should I will all of my wealth?’ He said: ‘No.’ I said: ‘Then two-thirds of my wealth?’ He said: ‘No.’ I said: ‘Then half?’ He said: ‘No.’ I said: ‘Then a third?’ He said: ‘A third, and a third is too much. If you leave your heirs without need it is better than to leave them in poverty begging from the people. Indeed you do not do any spending (on you family) except that you are rewarded for it, even the morsel of food you raise to your wife’s mouth.’” He said: “I said: ‘Will I be left behind from my
emigration?'[1] He said: 'You will not be left behind after me, and do righteous deeds intending Allāh's Face, except that it will add to your elevation in rank. Perhaps you will remain until some people benefit from you and others will be harmed by you. O Allāh! Complete the emigration of my Companions and do not turn them on their heels. But the case of Sa'd bin Khawlah is sad.'" the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ felt sorry for him dying in Makkah. (Ṣaḥīḥ)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] There is a narration on this topic from Ibn 'Abbās.
This Hadīth is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ, and this Hadīth has been reported from Sa'd bin Abī Waqqāṣ through others routes.
This is acted upon according to the people of knowledge: A man is not to will more than a third. Some of the people of knowledge considered it recommended to make it less than a third, due to the saying of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ: "And a third is too much."
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Commentary
Allāh fulfilled the wish and hope expressed by the Prophet ﷺ about Sa'd bin Abī Waqqāṣ ﷺ in this Hadīth, and he lived long after the death of the Prophet ﷺ. It was under Sa'd's command that victories were achieved against Iraq and Iran. Sa'd ﷺ was also instrumental in bringing a large number of disbelievers into the fold of Islam (Nawawī's commentary on Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, v.2, p.40).
