Hadith 28867

Chapter 3

باب 3

(3) باب الْوَصِيَّةِ بِالثُّلُثِ

(3) Chapter: To will one-third of one's property (ES)
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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." (ES)

Reference (ES): Sahih al-Bukhari 2743 (ES)

In-book reference (ES): Book 55, Hadith 6 (ES)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Vol. 4, Book 51, Hadith 6 (ES)