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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Chapter: The deed done for the sake of Allah. In it is Sa'd

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The reciter: Chapter: The deed done for the sake of Allah, in it is Sa'd

The Shaykh : His statement: "In it is Sa'd" refers to the long, well-known hadith of Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, in which he fell ill in Makkah and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to visit him. He said, "O Messenger of Allah, I am a man of wealth, meaning I have much wealth, and I have no heir except a daughter", meaning he has no male children to inherit from him, only a daughter, and the rest are his paternal cousins. "Should I give in charity two-thirds of my wealth?" Two-thirds means two out of three. He said:
No. لا
He said: "Then half." Meaning the half. He said:
No. لا
He said: "Then one-third." He said:
Give one-third (in charity) and that is quite enough. To leave your heirs rich is better than to leave them poor, begging from people الثلث والثلث كثير إنك أن تذر ورثتك أغنياء خير من أن تذرهم عالة يتكففون الناس
Sahih Muslim 1628a
Then he said: "O Messenger of Allah, I will be left behind after my companions." Meaning I will die in Makkah while I am an emigrant from it. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
You will not be left behind after me,and do righteous deeds intending Allah's Face, except that it will add to your elevation in rank. Perhaps you will remain until some people benefit from you and others will be harmed by you إنك لن تخلف فتعمل عملا تبتغي فيه وجه الله إلا ازددت فيه رفعة ودرجة ، ولعلك أن تخلف حتى ينتفع بك أقوام ويضر بك آخرون
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2116Sahih (Darussalam)
, "You will be left behind," meaning you will remain in this world and live long enough that some people will benefit from you and others will be harmed by you. And the matter turned out as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) predicted: Sa'd was left behind, he lived a long life, and many conquests in Persia were achieved through his efforts (may Allah be pleased with him). He died leaving behind seventeen sons and twelve daughters. At that time, he had only one daughter, so he ended up with seventeen sons and twelve daughters, and he lived a long life. The point is that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You will not be left behind and do a deed seeking the Face of Allah except that you will increase in elevation and rank thereby." And he said to him:
You will be rewarded for whatever you spend for Allah's sake even if it were a morsel which you put in your wife's mouth. إنك لن تنفق نفقة ،ت بتغي بها وجه الله إلا أجرت عليها حتى ما تجعله في فم امرأتك
Sahih al-Bukhari 56
Read the hadith to me.
The reciter: The hadith of Sa'd,

The Shaykh : Yes,
The reciter: He informed the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he has a daughter and that he wants to bequeath two-thirds of his wealth.

The Shaykh : Bequeath or give in charity?
The student: Give in charity?

The Shaykh : What I said, did I say bequeath or did I say give in charity?
The reciter: I do not know.

The Shaykh : You do not know? I want you to know. Pay attention.
The reader: If Allah wills.
Source alathar.net

The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.

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