Wills (Kitab Al-Wasaya)

Book 18 of 43 · Sunan Abi Dawud

23 hadith Hadith 2862–2884 Sunni
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Book 18 of 43

Wills (Kitab Al-Wasaya)

Sunan Abi Dawud

23 hadith Hadith 2862–2884 Sunni

About This Book

Compiled during the 833–888 CE period by al-Sijistani.

Wills (Kitab Al-Wasaya) is book 18 of 43 in Sunan Abi Dawud, containing 23 hadith.

Geography

This collection was compiled primarily in Basra (later life). The narrators in this book are associated with 13 distinct geographic locations.

Basra Hamadan Kufa Makkah Medina Cairo Damascus Merv Nisapur Sana al-Taif Asbahan Baghdad

Narrators in This Book

This book features 89 narrators in its chains of transmission. The most frequently cited are Abu Hurairah, Abdullah bin Wahb عبد الله بن وهب بن مسلم القرشي, Masdad bin Masrhad مسدد بن مسرهد بن مسربل, Abu Karayb, Muhammad bin al-'Ala' محمد بن العلاء - أبو كريب, Aisha bint Abi Bakr.

Hadith in This Book 23 hadith

1 2862 Sahih
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: It is the duty of a Muslim man who has something which is to be given as bequest not to have it for two nights without having his will…
2 2863 Sahih
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not leave dinars, dirhams, camels and goats, nor did he leave will for anything.
3 2864 Sahih
On the authority of his father (Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas): When he (Sa'd) fell ill at Mecca (according to the version of Ibn Abi Kkalaf) - then the agreed version has: which brought him…
4 2865 Sahih
A man asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): Messenger of Allah, which sadaqah (charity) is the best ? He replied: (The best sadaqah is) that you give something as sadaqah (charity)…
5 2866 Daif
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: A man giving a dirham as sadaqah (charity) during his life is better than giving one hundred dirhams as sadaqah (charity) at the moment of his death.
6 2867 Daif
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: A man or a woman acts in obedience to Allah for sixty years, then when they are about to die they cause injury by their will, so they must go to Hell. Then…
7 2868 Sahih
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me: Abu Dharr, I see you weak, and I like for you what I like for myself. Do not be a leader of two (persons), and do not be a guardian of an…
8 2869 Hasan Sahih
The Qur'anic verse goes: "(It is prescribed when death approaches any of you), if he leaves any goods, that he may bequest to parents and next to kin." The bequest was made in…
9 2870 Hasan Sahih
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Allah has appointed for everyone who has a right what is due to him, and no bequest must be made to an heir.
10 2871 Hasan
When Allah, Most High, revealed the verses: "Come not nigh to the orphan's property except to improve it". And "Those who unjustly eat up the property of orphans", everyone who…
11 2872 Hasan Sahih
On his father's authority, said that his grandfather told that a man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: I am poor, I have nothing (with me), and I have an orphan. He said: Use the…
12 2873 Sahih
I memorised (a tradition) from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): There is no orphanhood after puberty, and there is no silence for the whole day till the night.
13 2874 Sahih
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: Refrain from seven (characteristics) which cause destruction. He was asked: What are they, Messenger of Allah ? He replied: To assign partner…
14 2875 Hasan
A man asked him (the Prophet): Messenger of Allah, what are the grave sins? He replied: They are nine. He then mentioned the tradition to the same effect. This version adds: "And…
15 2876 Sahih
Mus'ab b. 'Umar was killed at the battle of Uhud, and for him only a coarse cloth would be found as shroud. When we covered his head, his feet showed, and when we covered his…
16 2877 Sahih
A woman came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: I donated my slave-girl to my mother, but she died and left the slave-girl. He said: Your reward became due, and she came back…
17 2878 Sahih
'Umar got some land in Khaibar, and when to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: I have acquired land in Khaibar which I consider to be more valuable than any I have acquired ; so what do…
18 2879 Sahih
'Abd al-Hamid b. Abd 'Allah b. 'Abd Allah b. 'Umar b. al-Khattab copied to me a document about the religious endowment (waqf) made by 'Umar b. al-Khattab : In the name of Allah,…
19 2880 Sahih
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: When a man dies, his action discontinues from him except three things, namely, perpetual sadaqah (charity), or the knowledge by which benefit…
20 2881 Sahih
A woman said: Messenger of Allah, my mother suddenly died; if it had not happened, she would have given sadaqah (charity) and donated (something). Will it suffice if I give…
21 2882 Sahih
A man said: Messenger of Allah, my mother has died ; will it benefit her if I give sadaqah on her behalf ? He said: Yes. He said: I have a garden, and I call you to witness that I…
22 2883 Hasan
On his father's authority, said that his grandfather told that Al-'As ibn Wa'il left his will that a hundred slaves should be emancipated on his behalf. His son Hisham emancipated…
23 2884 Sahih
That his father died and left a debt of thirty wasqs of a Jew on him. Jabir asked him to defer, but he refused. Jabir then spoke to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asking him to…