The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: It is the duty of a Muslim man who has
something which is to be given as bequest not to have it for two nights without
having his will written regarding it.
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 2862| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 18 الكتاب, Hadith 1 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 17 الكتاب, Hadith 2856 الحديث
On the authority of his father (Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas): When he (Sa'd) fell ill at
Mecca (according to the version of Ibn Abi Kkalaf) - then the agreed version
has: which brought him near to death - the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went to visit
him. He said: Messenger of Allah, I have a large amount of property, and my
daughter is my only heir. May I give two-thirds (of my property) as a sadaqah
(charity)? He said: No. He asked: Then a half ? He replied: No. He asked: Then
one-third ? He replied: (You may will away) a third and third is a lot. To leave
your heirs rich is better than to leave them poor begging from people. You will
not spend anything, seeking thereby to please Allah, without being rewarded for
it, even the mouthful you give your wife. I said: Messenger of Allah, shall I be
left behind form immigration (to Medina)? He said: If you remain behind after me
and do good works seeking the pleasure of Allah, your rank will be raised and
degree increased. Perhaps you will not remain behind, and some people will
benefit from you and others will be harmed by you. He then said: O Allah,
complete the immigration of my Companions and do not turn them back. But
miserable was Sa'd b. Khawlah. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) lamented on him as he
died at Mecca.
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 2864| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 18 الكتاب, Hadith 3 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 17 الكتاب, Hadith 2858 الحديث
A man asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): Messenger of Allah, which sadaqah
(charity) is the best ? He replied: (The best sadaqah is) that you give
something as sadaqah (charity) when you are healthy, greedy, expect survival and
fear poverty, and not that you postpone it until your death. and then you say:
For so-and-so is such-and-such, and for so-and-so is such-and-such, while it was
already for so-and-so.
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 2865| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 18 الكتاب, Hadith 4 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 17 الكتاب, Hadith 2859 الحديث
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me: Abu Dharr, I see you weak, and I like for
you what I like for myself. Do not be a leader of two (persons), and do not be a
guardian of an orphan.
Abu Dawud said: This has been narrated only by the people of Egypt.
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 2868| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 18 الكتاب, Hadith 7 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 17 الكتاب, Hadith 2862 الحديث
The Qur'anic verse goes: "(It is prescribed when death approaches any of you),
if he leaves any goods, that he may bequest to parents and next to kin." The
bequest was made in this way until the verse of inheritance repealed it.
Grade : Hasan Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :حسن صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 2869| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 18 الكتاب, Hadith 8 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 17 الكتاب, Hadith 2863 الحديث
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Allah has appointed for everyone who has
a right what is due to him, and no bequest must be made to an heir.
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ نَجْدَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، عَنْ
شُرَحْبِيلَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ، سَمِعْتُ أَبَا أُمَامَةَ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ
صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَعْطَى كُلَّ ذِي حَقٍّ
حَقَّهُ فَلاَ وَصِيَّةَ لِوَارِثٍ " .
Grade : Hasan Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :حسن صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 2870| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 18 الكتاب, Hadith 9 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 17 الكتاب, Hadith 2864 الحديث
When Allah, Most High, revealed the verses: "Come not nigh to the orphan's
property except to improve it". And "Those who unjustly eat up the property of
orphans", everyone who had an orphan with him went and separated his food from
his (orphan's) food, and his drink from his drink, and began to detain the
remaining food which he (the orphan) himself ate or spoiled.
This fell heavy on them, and they mentioned this to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).
So Allah, Most High, revealed the verse: "They ask thee concerning orphans. Say:
The best thing to do is what is for their good; if ye mix their affairs with
yours, they are your brethren." Then they mixed their food with his food and
their drink with his drink.
Grade : Hasan by Al-Albani التعديل :حسن عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 2871| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 18 الكتاب, Hadith 10 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 17 الكتاب, Hadith 2865 الحديث
On his father's authority, said that his grandfather told that a man came to the
Prophet (ﷺ) and said: I am poor, I have nothing (with me), and I have an orphan.
He said: Use the property of your orphan without spending it lavishly, hurrying
and taking it as your own property.
Grade : Hasan Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :حسن صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 2872| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 18 الكتاب, Hadith 11 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 17 الكتاب, Hadith 2866 الحديث
I memorised (a tradition) from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): There is no
orphanhood after puberty, and there is no silence for the whole day till the
night.
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 2873| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 18 الكتاب, Hadith 12 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 17 الكتاب, Hadith 2867 الحديث
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: Refrain from seven (characteristics) which
cause destruction. He was asked: What are they, Messenger of Allah ? He replied:
To assign partner to Allah, magic, to kill a soul (man) which is prohibited by
Allah except for which is due, to take usury, to consume the property of an
orphan, to retreat on the day of the battle, and to slander chaste women,
indiscreet but believing.
Abu Dawud said: The name Abu al-Ghaith is Salim client of Ibn Muti'.
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 2874| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 18 الكتاب, Hadith 13 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 17 الكتاب, Hadith 2868 الحديث
Mus'ab b. 'Umar was killed at the battle of Uhud, and for him only a coarse
cloth would be found as shroud. When we covered his head, his feet showed, and
when we covered his feet, his head showed. So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
Cover his head with it (cloth), and put some rushes over his feet.
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 2876| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 18 الكتاب, Hadith 15 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 17 الكتاب, Hadith 2870 الحديث
A woman came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: I donated my slave-girl to
my mother, but she died and left the slave-girl. He said: Your reward became
due, and she came back to you in inheritance. She said: She died while a month's
fasting was due from her. Would it be sufficient or be taken as completed if I
fast on her behalf ? He said: Yes. She said: She also did not perform Hajj.
Would it be sufficient or be taken completed if I perform (Hajj) on her behalf ?
He said: Yes.
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 2877| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 18 الكتاب, Hadith 16 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 17 الكتاب, Hadith 2871 الحديث
'Umar got some land in Khaibar, and when to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: I have
acquired land in Khaibar which I consider to be more valuable than any I have
acquired ; so what do you command me to do with it ? He replied: If you wish,
you may make the property as inalienable possession, and give its produce as
sadaqah (charity). So 'Umar gave it as a sadaqah declaring that the property
must not be sold, given away, or inherited : (and gave its produce as sadaqah to
be devoted) to poor, relatives, the emancipation of slaves, Allah's path,
travellers. The narrator Bishr added: "and guests". Then the agreed version
goes: No sin being committed by the one who administers it if he eats something
from it in a reasonable manner, or gives something to a friend, who does not
make his own property. The narrator Bishr added: "(provided) he is not
storing-up goods (for himself)".
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 2878| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 18 الكتاب, Hadith 17 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 17 الكتاب, Hadith 2872 الحديث
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: When a man dies, his action discontinues
from him except three things, namely, perpetual sadaqah (charity), or the
knowledge by which benefit is acquired, or a pious child who prays for him.
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 2880| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 18 الكتاب, Hadith 19 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 17 الكتاب, Hadith 2874 الحديث
A woman said: Messenger of Allah, my mother suddenly died; if it had not
happened, she would have given sadaqah (charity) and donated (something). Will
it suffice if I give sadaqah on her behalf? The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Yes, give
sadaqah on her behalf.
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 2881| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 18 الكتاب, Hadith 20 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 17 الكتاب, Hadith 2875 الحديث
On his father's authority, said that his grandfather told that Al-'As ibn Wa'il
left his will that a hundred slaves should be emancipated on his behalf. His son
Hisham emancipated fifty slaves and his son Amr intended to emancipate the
remaining fifty on his behalf, but he said: I should ask first the Messenger of
Allah (ﷺ). He, therefore, came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: Messenger of Allah,
my father left in his will that a hundred slaves should be emancipated on his
behalf and Hisham has emancipated fifty on his behalf and fifty remain. Shall I
emancipate them on his behalf? The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Had he been a
Muslim and you had emancipated slaves on his behalf, or given sadaqah on his
behalf, or performed the pilgrimage, that would have reached him.
حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مَزْيَدٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي،
حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي حَسَّانُ بْنُ عَطِيَّةَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ
شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، أَنَّ الْعَاصَ بْنَ وَائِلٍ، أَوْصَى أَنْ
يُعْتَقَ، عَنْهُ مِائَةُ رَقَبَةٍ فَأَعْتَقَ ابْنُهُ هِشَامٌ خَمْسِينَ رَقَبَةً
فَأَرَادَ ابْنُهُ عَمْرٌو أَنْ يَعْتِقَ عَنْهُ الْخَمْسِينَ الْبَاقِيَةَ فَقَالَ
حَتَّى أَسْأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله
عليه وسلم فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَبِي أَوْصَى بِعِتْقِ مِائَةِ
رَقَبَةٍ وَإِنَّ هِشَامًا أَعْتَقَ عَنْهُ خَمْسِينَ وَبَقِيَتْ عَلَيْهِ
خَمْسُونَ رَقَبَةً أَفَأُعْتِقُ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه
وسلم " إِنَّهُ لَوْ كَانَ مُسْلِمًا فَأَعْتَقْتُمْ عَنْهُ أَوْ تَصَدَّقْتُمْ
عَنْهُ أَوْ حَجَجْتُمْ عَنْهُ بَلَغَهُ ذَلِكَ " .
Grade : Hasan by Al-Albani التعديل :حسن عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 2883| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 18 الكتاب, Hadith 22 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 17 الكتاب, Hadith 2877 الحديث
That his father died and left a debt of thirty wasqs of a Jew on him. Jabir
asked him to defer, but he refused. Jabir then spoke to the Messenger of Allah
(ﷺ) asking him to mediate to him on his behalf. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came
to the Jew and spoke to him about taking fruit-dates in lieu of the debt that
was on him. But he refused. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asked him to defer (the
debt) to him, but he refused. He then narrated the rest of the tradition.
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ، أَنَّ شُعَيْبَ بْنَ إِسْحَاقَ، حَدَّثَهُمْ
عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ
اللَّهِ، أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ تُوُفِّيَ وَتَرَكَ عَلَيْهِ ثَلاَثِينَ
وَسْقًا لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ يَهُودَ فَاسْتَنْظَرَهُ جَابِرٌ فَأَبَى فَكَلَّمَ جَابِرٌ
النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ يَشْفَعَ لَهُ إِلَيْهِ فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ
اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَكَلَّمَ الْيَهُودِيَّ لِيَأْخُذَ ثَمَرَ نَخْلِهِ
بِالَّذِي لَهُ عَلَيْهِ فَأَبَى عَلَيْهِ وَكَلَّمَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله
عليه وسلم أَنْ يُنْظِرَهُ فَأَبَى . وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ .
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 2884| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 18 الكتاب, Hadith 23 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 17 الكتاب, Hadith 2878
