\nNarrated Sa`d:\n \n\nI fell sick and the Prophet (ﷺ) paid me a visit. I said to him, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I invoke Allah that He \nmay not let me expire in the land whence I migrated (i.e. Mecca)." He said, "May Allah give you \nhealth and let the people benefit by you." I said, "I want to will my property, and I have only one \ndaughter and I want to will half of my property (to be given in charity)." He said," Half is too much." I \nsaid, "Then I will one third." He said, "One-third, yet even one-third is too much." (The narrator \nadded, "So the people started to will one third of their property and that was Permitted for them.")\n

\nNarrated Sa`d:\n \n\nI fell sick and the Prophet (ﷺ) paid me a visit. I said to him, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I invoke Allah that He \nmay not let me expire in the land whence I migrated (i.e. Mecca)." He said, "May Allah give you \nhealth and let the people benefit by you." I said, "I want to will my property, and I have only one \ndaughter and I want to will half of my property (to be given in charity)." He said," Half is too much." I \nsaid, "Then I will one third." He said, "One-third, yet even one-third is too much." (The narrator \nadded, "So the people started to will one third of their property and that was Permitted for them.")\n

\nحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ، حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّاءُ بْنُ عَدِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ، عَنْ هَاشِمِ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ، عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ مَرِضْتُ فَعَادَنِي النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ لاَ يَرُدَّنِي عَلَى عَقِبِي‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ يَرْفَعُكَ وَيَنْفَعُ بِكَ نَاسًا ‏"‏‏.‏ قُلْتُ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُوصِيَ، وَإِنَّمَا لِي ابْنَةٌ ـ قُلْتُ ـ أُوصِي بِالنِّصْفِ قَالَ ‏"‏ النِّصْفُ كَثِيرٌ ‏"‏‏.‏ قُلْتُ فَالثُّلُثِ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ الثُّلُثُ، وَالثُّلُثُ كَثِيرٌ أَوْ كَبِيرٌ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ فَأَوْصَى النَّاسُ بِالثُّلُثِ، وَجَازَ ذَلِكَ لَهُمْ‏.‏