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Sunan Ibn Majah 2711

Chapter: Making A Will For One Third

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 2711

Narrator:Ibn ‘Abbās

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ وَدِدْتُ أَنَّ النَّاسَ، غَضُّوا مِنَ الثُّلُثِ إِلَى الرُّبُعِ لأَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏

"‏ الثُّلُثُ كَبِيرٌ - أَوْ كَثِيرٌ - ‏"

It was narrated that Ibn Abbas said:

“I would like the people to reduce (the will) from one third to one quarter, because the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'One third is a lot.'”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 2711).

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ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2711
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2711
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih - Agreed Upon The hadith No. 2711
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2711

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