To will one-third of one's property — Sahih al-Bukhari | Quran & Hadees
To will one-third of one's property
Al-Hasan said, “A Dhimmi (i.e., a non-Muslim living under the protection of an Islamic government) is not allowed to will more than one-third of his property. And Allah عز وجل said: “And so judge (you O Muhammad ﷺ) among them by what Allah has revealed…” (V.5:49)
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ لَوْ غَضَّ النَّاسُ إِلَى الرُّبْعِ، لأَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " الثُّلُثُ، وَالثُّلُثُ كَثِيرٌ أَوْ كَبِيرٌ ".
Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
I recommend that people reduce the proportion of what they bequeath by will to the fourth (of the
whole legacy), for Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "One-third, yet even one third is too much."
حَدَّثَنَا 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…
Narrated Sa`d:
I fell sick and the Prophet (ﷺ) paid me a visit. I said to him, "O Allah's Messenger! I invoke Allah that He
may not let me expire in the land whence I migrated (i.e. Mecca)." He said, "May Allah give you…