\nNarrated Sa`d bin Abu Waqqas:\n \n\nThe Prophet (ﷺ) came visiting me while I was (sick) in Mecca, ('Amir the sub-narrator said, and he \ndisliked to die in the land, whence he had already migrated). He (i.e. the Prophet) said, "May Allah \nbestow His Mercy on Ibn Afra (Sa`d bin Khaula)." I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! May I will all my \nproperty (in charity)?" He said, "No." I said, "Then may I will half of it?" He said, "No". I said, "One \nthird?" He said: "Yes, one third, yet even one third is too much. It is better for you to leave your \ninheritors wealthy than to leave them poor begging others, and whatever you spend for Allah's sake \nwill be considered as a charitable deed even the handful of food you put in your wife's mouth. Allah \nmay lengthen your age so that some people may benefit by you, and some others be harmed by you." \nAt that time Sa`d had only one daughter.\n

\nNarrated Sa`d bin Abu Waqqas:\n \n\nThe Prophet (ﷺ) came visiting me while I was (sick) in Mecca, ('Amir the sub-narrator said, and he \ndisliked to die in the land, whence he had already migrated). He (i.e. the Prophet) said, "May Allah \nbestow His Mercy on Ibn Afra (Sa`d bin Khaula)." I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! May I will all my \nproperty (in charity)?" He said, "No." I said, "Then may I will half of it?" He said, "No". I said, "One \nthird?" He said: "Yes, one third, yet even one third is too much. It is better for you to leave your \ninheritors wealthy than to leave them poor begging others, and whatever you spend for Allah's sake \nwill be considered as a charitable deed even the handful of food you put in your wife's mouth. Allah \nmay lengthen your age so that some people may benefit by you, and some others be harmed by you." \nAt that time Sa`d had only one daughter.\n

\nحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ جَاءَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَعُودُنِي وَأَنَا بِمَكَّةَ، وَهْوَ يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَمُوتَ بِالأَرْضِ الَّتِي هَاجَرَ مِنْهَا قَالَ ‏"‏ يَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ ابْنَ عَفْرَاءَ ‏"‏‏.‏ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أُوصِي بِمَالِي كُلِّهِ قَالَ ‏"‏ لاَ ‏"‏‏.‏ قُلْتُ فَالشَّطْرُ قَالَ ‏"‏ لاَ ‏"‏‏.‏ قُلْتُ الثُّلُثُ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَالثُّلُثُ، وَالثُّلُثُ كَثِيرٌ، إِنَّكَ أَنْ تَدَعَ وَرَثَتَكَ أَغْنِيَاءَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ تَدَعَهُمْ عَالَةً يَتَكَفَّفُونَ النَّاسَ فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ، وَإِنَّكَ مَهْمَا أَنْفَقْتَ مِنْ نَفَقَةٍ فَإِنَّهَا صَدَقَةٌ، حَتَّى اللُّقْمَةُ الَّتِي تَرْفَعُهَا إِلَى فِي امْرَأَتِكَ، وَعَسَى اللَّهُ أَنْ يَرْفَعَكَ فَيَنْتَفِعَ بِكَ نَاسٌ وَيُضَرَّ بِكَ آخَرُونَ ‏"‏‏.‏ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ إِلاَّ ابْنَةٌ‏.‏