Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab from Amir ibn Sad ibn Abi Waqqas that his
father said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
came to me to treat me for a pain which became hard to bear in the year of the
farewell hajj. I said, 'Messenger of Allah, you can see how far the pain has
reached me. I have property and only my daughter inherits from me. Shall I give
two thirds of my property as sadaqa?' The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, 'No.' I said, 'Half?' He said, 'No.' Then the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'A third, and
a third is a lot. Leaving your heirs rich is better than leaving them poor to
beg from people. You never spend anything on maintenance desiring the Face of
Allah by it, but that you are rewarded for it, even what you appoint for your
wife.' Sad said, 'Messenger of Allah, will I be left here in Makka after my
companions have departed for Madina?' The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, 'If you are left behind, and do sound deeds you
will increase your degree and elevation by them. Perhaps you will be left behind
so that some people may benefit by you and others may be harmed by you. O Allah!
complete their hijra for my companions, and do not turn them back on their
heels. The unfortunate one is Said ibn Khawla.' The Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, was distressed on his account for he had
died at Makka."
Yahya said that he heard Malik speak about a man who willed a third of his
property to a man and said as well, "My slave will serve so-and-so (another man)
for as long as he lives, then he is free," then that was looked into, and the
slave was found to be a third of the property of the deceased. Malik said, "The
service of the slave is evaluated. Then the two of them divide it between them.
The one who was willed a third takes his third, as a share, and the one who was
willed the service of the slave takes what was evaluated for him of the slave's
service. Each of them takes, from the service of the slave or from his wage if
he has a wage, according to his share. If the one who was given the service of
the slave for as long as he lived dies, then the slave is freed."
Yahya said that he heard Malik speak about someone who willed his third and said
"So-and-so has such- and-such, and so-and-so has such-and-such," naming some of
his property, and his heirs protested that it was more than a third." Malik
said, "The heirs then have an option between giving the beneficiaries their full
bequests and taking the rest of the property of the deceased, or between
dividing among the beneficiaries the third of the property of the deceased and
surrendering to them their third. If they wish, their rights in it reach as far
as they reach."
Original Version of The Hadith reported
حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي
وَقَّاصٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ جَاءَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه
وسلم يَعُودُنِي عَامَ حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ مِنْ وَجَعٍ اشْتَدَّ بِي فَقُلْتُ يَا
رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ بَلَغَ بِي مِنَ الْوَجَعِ مَا تَرَى وَأَنَا ذُو مَالٍ وَلاَ
يَرِثُنِي إِلاَّ ابْنَةٌ لِي أَفَأَتَصَدَّقُ بِثُلُثَىْ مَالِي قَالَ رَسُولُ
اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ " . فَقُلْتُ فَالشَّطْرُ قَالَ " لاَ
" . ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " الثُّلُثُ وَالثُّلُثُ
كَثِيرٌ إِنَّكَ أَنْ تَذَرَ وَرَثَتَكَ أَغْنِيَاءَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ تَذَرَهُمْ
عَالَةً يَتَكَفَّفُونَ النَّاسَ وَإِنَّكَ لَنْ تُنْفِقَ نَفَقَةً تَبْتَغِي بِهَا
وَجْهَ اللَّهِ إِلاَّ أُجِرْتَ حَتَّى مَا تَجْعَلُ فِي فِي امْرَأَتِكَ " .
قَالَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَأُخَلَّفُ بَعْدَ أَصْحَابِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ
اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّكَ لَنْ تُخَلَّفَ فَتَعْمَلَ عَمَلاً
صَالِحًا إِلاَّ ازْدَدْتَ بِهِ دَرَجَةً وَرِفْعَةً وَلَعَلَّكَ أَنْ تُخَلَّفَ
حَتَّى يَنْتَفِعَ بِكَ أَقْوَامٌ وَيُضَرَّ بِكَ آخَرُونَ اللَّهُمَّ أَمْضِ
لأَصْحَابِي هِجْرَتَهُمْ وَلاَ تَرُدَّهُمْ عَلَى أَعْقَابِهِمْ لَكِنِ الْبَائِسُ
سَعْدُ ابْنُ خَوْلَةَ يَرْثِي لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ مَاتَ
بِمَكَّةَ " . الحديث Reference : Muwatta' Malik مرجع : موطأ مالك
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مرجع الترجمة على الإنترنت : Book 37 الكتاب, Hadith 4 الحديث | In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : 37 الكتاب, Hadith 1461 الحديث