Sahih al-Bukhari 2631
I recommend that people reduce the proportion of what they bequeath by will to the fourth (of the whole legacy), for Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “One-third, yet even one third is too much.”
I recommend that people reduce the proportion of what they bequeath by will to the fourth (of the whole legacy), for Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “One-third, yet even one third is too much.”
I fell sick and the Prophet (ﷺ) paid me a visit. I said to him, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! I invoke Allah that He may not let me expire in the land whence I migrated (i.e. Mecca).” He said, “May Allah give you health and let the people benefit by you.” I said, “I want […]
(the wife of the Prophet) `Utba bin Abi Waqqas entrusted (his son) to his brother Sa`d bin Abi Waqqas saying, “The son of the slave-girl of Zam`a is my (illegal) son, take him into your custody.” So during the year of the Conquest (of Mecca) Sa`d took the boy and said, “This is my brother’s […]
A Jew crushed the head of a girl between two stones. She was asked, “Who has done so to you, soand- so? So-and-so?” Till the name of the Jew was mentioned, whereupon she nodded (in agreement). So the Jew was brought and was questioned till he confessed. The Prophet (ﷺ) then ordered that his head […]
Aisha said that Barirah came to seek her help in the writing of her emancipation. `Aisha said to her, “If you wish, I will pay your masters (your price) and the wala’ will be for me.” When Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) came, she told him about it. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to her, “Buy her (i.e. […]
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Allah has ninety-nine names, i.e. one-hundred minus one, and whoever knows them will go to Paradise.” (Please see Hadith No. 419 Vol. 8)
Umar bin Khattab got some land in Khaibar and he went to the Prophet (ﷺ) to consult him about it saying, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) I got some land in Khaibar better than which I have never had, what do you suggest that I do with it?” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “If you like you […]
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “It is not permissible for any Muslim who has something to will to stay for two nights without having his last will and testament written and kept ready with him.”
(The brother of the wife of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ). Juwaira bint Al-Harith) When Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) died, he did not leave any Dirham or Dinar (i.e. money), a slave or a slave woman or anything else except his white mule, his arms and a piece of land which he had given in charity .
I asked `Abdullah bin Abu `Aufa “Did the Prophet (ﷺ) make a will?” He replied, “No,” I asked him, “How is it then that the making of a will has been enjoined on people, (or that they are ordered to make a will)?” He replied, “The Prophet (ﷺ) bequeathed Allah’s Book (i.e. Qur’an).