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Riyad as-Salihin 6

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) visited me in my illness which became severe in the year of Hajjat-ul-Wada (Farewell Pilgrimage). I said, “O Messenger of Allah, you can see the pain…

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وعن أبي إسحاق سعد بن أبي وقاص مالك بن أهيب بن عبد مناف بن زهرة بن كلاب بن مرة بن كعب بن لؤى القرش الزهرى رضي الله عنه

أحد العشرة المشهود لهم بالجنة، رضي الله عنهم، قال: «جاءنى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يعودنى عام حجة الوداع من وجع اشتد بى فقلت: يارسول الله إني قد بلغ بى من الوجع ما ترى، وأنا ذو مال ولا يرثنى إلا ابنة لي، أفاتصدق بثلثى ما لي؟

قال: لا، قلت: فالشطر يارسول الله؟ فقال: لا، قلت: فالثلث يا رسول الله؟ قال الثلث والثلث كثير أو كبير إنك أن تذر ورثتك أغنياء خير من أن تذرهم عالة يتكففون الناس، وإنك لن تنفق نفقة تبتغى بها وجه الله إلا أجرت عليها حتى ما تجعل في فيّ امرأتك قال: فقلت: يارسول الله أخلف بعد أصحابي؟

قال: إنك لن تخلف فتعمل عملا تبتغي بهوجه الله إلا ازددت به درجة ورفعةً، ولعلك أن تخلف حتى ينتفع بك أقوام ويضرّ بك آخرون. اللهم امض لآصحابى هجرتهم، ولا تردهم على أعقابهم، لكن البائس سعد بن خولة«يرثى له رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: أن مات بمكة»

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) visited me in my illness which became severe in the year of Hajjat-ul-Wada (Farewell Pilgrimage). I said, “O Messenger of Allah, you can see the pain which I am suffering and I am a man of means and there is none to inherit from me except one daughter. Should I give two-thirds of my property in charity?”

He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “No”. I asked him, “Then half?” He said, “No”. Then I asked, “Can I give away one-third”. He said, “Give away one-third, and that is still too much. It is better to leave your heirs well-off than to leave them poor, begging people. You will not expend a thing in charity for the sake of Allah, but you will be rewarded for it; even the morsel of food which you feed your wife”.

I said, “O Messenger of Allah, would I survive my companions?” He said, “If you survive others and accomplish a thing for the sake of Allah, you would gain higher ranking and standing. You will survive them. your survival will be beneficial to people (the Muslim) and harmful to others (the enemies of Islam). You will survive others till the people will derive benefit from you, and others would be harmed by you.”

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) further said, “O Allah, complete for my Companions their emigration and do not cause them to retract.” Sad ibn Khaulah was unfortunate. Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) lamented his death as he died in Makkah.

Riyad as-Salihin 6, Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, Hadith 6. 1 min read

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam an-Nawawi back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam an-NawawiCompiler, died 676 AH
  2. 2Sad ibn Abi WaqqasFrom, Companion, died 50 AH

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