Volume 4, Book 51, Number 20:
Narrated Kab bin Malik:
I said, “O Allah’s Apostle! For the acceptance of my repentance I wish to give all my property in
charity for Allah’s sake through His Apostle .” He said, “It is better for you to keep some of the prop –
erty for yourself.” I said, “Then I will keep my share in Khaibar.”
Volume 4, Book 51, Number 5:
Narrated Sad bin Abu Waqqas:
The Prophet came visiting me while I was (sick) in Mecca, (‘Amir the sub-narrator said, and he
disliked to die in the land, whence he had already migrated). He (i.e. the Prophet) said, “May Allah
bestow His Mercy on Ibn Afra (Sad bin Khaula).” I said, “O Allah’s Apostle! May I will all my property
(in charity)?” He said, “No.” I said, “Then may I will half of it?” He said, “No”. I said, “One third?” He
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said: “Yes, one third, yet even one third is too much. It is better for you to leave your inheritors
wealthy than to leave them poor begging others, and whatever you spend for Allah’s sake will be
considered as a charitable deed even the handful of food you put in your wife’s mouth. Allah may
lengthen your age so that some people may benefit by you, and some others be harmed by you.” At
that time Sad had only one daughter.
Volume 4, Book 51, Number 6:
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 Apostle said, “One-third, yet even one third is too much.”
Volume 4, Book 51, Number 7:
Narrated Sad:
I fell sick and the Prophet paid me a visit. I said to him, “O Allah’s Apostle! 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
health and let the people benefit by you.” I said, “I want to will my property, and I have only one
daughter and I want to will half of my property (to be given in charity).” He said,” Half is too much.” I
said, “Then I will one third.” He said, “One-third, yet even one-third is too much.” (The narrator ad –
ded, “So the people started to will one third of their property and that was Permitted for them.”)
Volume 4, Book 51, Number 8:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) Utba bin Abi Waqqas entrusted (his son) to his brother Sad bin Abi
Waqqas saying, “The son of the slave-girl of Zam’a is my (illegal) son, take him into your custody.” So
during the year of the Conquest (of Mecca) Sad took the boy and said, “This is my brother’s son
whom my brother entrusted to me.” ‘Abu bin Zam’s got up and said, “He is my brother and the son of
the slave girl of my father and was born on my father’s bed.” Then both of them came to Allah’s
Apostle and Sad said, “O Allah’s Apostle! This is my brother’s son whom my brother entrusted to me.”
Then ‘Abu bin Zam’a got up and said, “This is my brother and the son of the slave-girl of my fath –
er.” Allah’s Apostle said, “O Abu bin Zam’a! This boy is for you as the boy belongs to the bed (where
he was born), and for the adulterer is the stone (i.e. deprivation).” Then the Prophet said to his wife
Sauda bint Zam’a, “Screen yourself from this boy,” when he saw the boy’s resemblance to ‘Utba. Since
then the boy did not see Sauda till he died.
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Volume 4, Book 51, Number 9:
Narrated Anas:
A Jew crushed the head of a girl between two stones. She was asked, “Who has done so to you, so-
and-so? So-and-so?” Till the name of the Jew was mentioned, whereupon she nodded (in
agreement). So the Jew was brought and was questioned till he confessed. The Prophet then ordered
that his head be crushed with stones.
Volume 4, Book 51, Number 10:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
The custom (in old days) was that the property of the deceased would be inherited by his off –
spring; as for the parents (of the deceased), they would inherit by the will of the deceased. Then Al –
lah cancelled from that custom whatever He wished and fixed for the male double the amount in –
herited by the female, and for each parent a sixth (of the whole legacy) and for the wife an eighth or
a fourth and for the husband a half or a fourth.
Volume 4, Book 51, Number 11:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A man asked the Prophet, “O Allah’s Apostle! What kind of charity is the best?” He replied. “To give
in charity when you are healthy and greedy hoping to be wealthy and afraid of becoming poor.
Don’t delay giving in charity till the time when you are on the death bed when you say, ‘Give so
much to so-and-so and so much to so-and so,’ and at that time the property is not yours but it be –
longs to so-and-so (i.e. your inheritors).”