Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of Wasaya (Wills and Testaments)
3- بَابُ الْوَصِيَّةِ بِالثُّلُثِ:
(3) Chapter. To will one-third of one’s property.
2 hadith · references 2743–2744
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Bukhari · 2743لَوْ غَضَّ النَّاسُ إِلَى الرُّبْعِ لِأَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : الثُّلُثُ وَالثُّلُثُ كَثِيرٌ أَوْ كَبِيرٌI 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."5 narratorsBukhari · 2744مَرِضْتُ ، فَعَادَنِي النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، ادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ لَا يَرُدَّنِي عَلَى عَقِبِي ، قَالَ : لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ يَرْفَعُكَ وَيَنْفَعُ بِكَ نَاسًا ، قُلْتُ :I fell sick and the Prophet (ﷺ) paid me a visit. I said to him, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! 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 6 narrators