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Sunan Ibn MajahThe Chapters on Wills

Sunan Ibn Majah 2701

Chapter: Exhortation To Make a Will

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 2701

Narrator:Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُصَفَّى الْحِمْصِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَوْفٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏

"‏ مَنْ مَاتَ عَلَى وَصِيَّةٍ مَاتَ عَلَى سَبِيلٍ وَسُنَّةٍ وَمَاتَ عَلَى تُقًى وَشَهَادَةٍ وَمَاتَ مَغْفُورًا لَهُ ‏"

It was narrated from Jabir bin Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

“Whoever dies leaving a will, he dies on the right path and Sunnah, and he dies with piety and witness, and he dies forgiven.”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 2701).

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Classical commentary

Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( مَنْ مَاتَ عَنْ وَصِيَّة ) فِي الزَّوَائِد فِي إِسْنَاده بَقِيَّة وَهُوَ مُدَلِّس وَشَيْخه وَبِهِ يَزِيد بْن عَوْف لَمْ أَرَ مَنْ تَكَلَّمَ فِيهِ وَاَللَّه أَعْلَم…

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Scholars’ grades

The 4 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 2701
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH Very weakVery Daif The hadith No. 2701
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 2701
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 2701

Other versions

Not graded Mishkat al-Masabih 3076

Jabir reported God’s Messenger as saying, “He who dies leaving a will has died following a path and a sunna, he has died piously and testifying to the true faith, and he has died with his sins forgiven.” Ibn Majah transmitted it.

عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ مَاتَ عَلَى وَصِيَّةٍ مَاتَ عَلَى سَبِيلٍ وَسُنَّةٍ وَمَاتَ عَلَى تُقًى وَشَهَادَةٍ وَمَاتَ مَغْفُورًا لَهُ» . رَوَاهُ ابْنُ مَاجَهْ

Narrated by Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

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