Ahmed bin Suliaman أحمد بن سليمان · The Book of Wills

(The same) was narrated from Ibn 'Awn, from Nafi', from Ibn 'Umar.

"It is not right for a Muslim who has anything concerning which a will should be made, to abide for more than three nights without having a written will with him."

"The Messenger of Allah did not leave behind a Dinar or a Dirham, or a sheep or a camel, and he did not leave any will."

'(O Messenger of Allah!) My father has died owing debts, and he has not left anything but what his date-palms produce. What his date-palms produce will not pay off his debts for years. Come with me, O Messenger of Allah, so that the creditors will not be harsh with me.' The Messenger of Allah went to each heap, saying Salams and supplicating for it, then sitting on it. He called the creditors and paid them off, and what was left…