مسند أحمد
Musnad Ahmad Hadith 1546
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- 108
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حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: مَرِضْتُ بِمَكَّةَ عَامَ الْفَتْحِ مَرَضًا شَدِيدًا، أَشْفَيْتُ مِنْهُ عَلَى الْمَوْتِ، فَأَتَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَعُودُنِي، قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّ لِي مَالًا كَثِيرًا، وَلَيْسَ يَرِثُنِي إِلا ابْنَتِي، أَفَأَتَصَدَّقُ بِثُلُثَيْ مَالِي؟ - وَقَالَ سُفْيَانُ مَرَّةً: أَتَصَدَّقُ بِمَالِي كُلِّهِ؟ - قَالَ: " لَا ". قَالَ: فَأَتَصَدَّقُ بِثُلُثَيْ مَالِي؟ قَالَ: " لَا " قُلْتُ: فَالشَّطْرُ؟ قَالَ: " لَا " قُلْتُ: الثُّلُثُ؟ قَالَ: " الثُّلُثُ، وَالثُّلُثُ كَبِيرٌ، إِنَّكَ أَنْ تَتْرُكَ وَرَثَتَكَ أَغْنِيَاءَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ تَتْرُكَهُمْ عَالَةً يَتَكَفَّفُونَ النَّاسَ، إِنَّكَ لَنْ تُنْفِقَ نَفَقَةً إِلا أُجِرْتَ فِيهَا حَتَّى اللُّقْمَةَ تَرْفَعُهَا إِلَى فِي امْرَأَتِكَ " قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أُخَلَّفُ عَنْ هِجْرَتِي، قَالَ: " إِنَّكَ لَنْ تُخَلَّفَ بَعْدِي، فَتَعْمَلَ عَمَلًا تُرِيدُ بِهِ وَجْهَ اللهِ، إِلا ازْدَدْتَ بِهِ رِفْعَةً وَدَرَجَةً، وَلَعَلَّكَ أَنْ تُخَلَّفَ حَتَّى يَنْتَفِعَ بِكَ أَقْوَامٌ وَيُضَرَّ بِكَ آخَرُونَ، اللهُمَّ أَمْضِ لِأَصْحَابِي هِجْرَتَهُمْ، وَلا تَرُدَّهُمْ عَلَى أَعْقَابِهِمْ، لَكِنِ الْبَائِسُ سَعْدُ ابْنُ خَوْلَةَ " يَرْثِي لَهُ أَنْ مَاتَ بِمَكَّةَ (٢)، ،
Translation
English translation
It was narrated from "Amir bin Sa"d, that his father said:
I fell sick in Makkah during the year of the conquest and was so sick that I almost died. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to visit me whilst I was sick. I said: O Messenger of Allah, I have a great deal of wealth and no one will inherit from me except my daughter, Can I give two thirds of my wealth in charity? - on one occasion Sufyan said: Can I give all of my wealth in charity? - He said: “No." I said: Can I give two thirds of my wealth in charity? He said: “No." I said: Half? He said: “No." I said: One third? He said: "One third, and one third is a lot. If you leave your heirs independent of means, that is better than leaving them dependent and asking of people. You will never spend anything (on their maintenance) but you will be rewarded for it, even the morsel that you list to your wife"s mouth." I said: O Messenger of Allah, will I be left behind (in Makkah) and lose the virtue of my migration (Hijrah)? He said. “If you are left behind after me but you do good deeds, seeking thereby the Countenance of Allah, you will rise thereby in status. Perhaps you will be left behind so that some people may be benefited through you and others may be harmed through you. O Allah, complete the migration of my Companions and do not cause them to turn back on their heels. The one who is truly unfortunate is Sa"d bin Khawlah.” He (the Prophet (ﷺ)) felt sorry for him because he died in Makkah.
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This is Hadith 1546 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 8, Musnad Abu Ishaq Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas, as in-book entry 108.
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Musnad Ahmad 1546 Arabic/English book : Book 8, Hadith 1546
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