Narrated 'Abd Allh b. 'Umar:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: It is the duty of a Muslim man who has something which is to be given as a bequest not to have it for two nights without having his will written regarding it.
Narrated 'A'ishah:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) did not leave dinars, dirhams, camels and goats, nor did he leave will for anything.
Narrated 'Amir b. Sa'd 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 Khalaf) - then the agreed version has: which brought him near to death - the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) went to visit him. He said: Apostle 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 a third is a lot. To leave your heirs rich is better than to leave them poor begging from people. You will not spent anything, seeking thereby to please Allah, without being rewarded for it, even the mouthful you give to your wife. I said: Apostle of Allah, shall I be left behind from 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 benifit 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 Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) lamented on him as he died at Mecca.
Narrated Abu Hurairah:
A man asked the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him): Apostle 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.
Narrated Abu Sa'id al-Khudri:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: A man giving a dirham as sadaqah (charity) during his life is better than giving one hundred dirhams as sadaqah (charity) at the moment of his death.
Narrated Abu Hurairah:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: A man or a woman acts in obedience to Allah for sixty years, then when they are about to die they cause injury by their will, so they must go to Hell. Then Abu Hurairah recited: "After a legacy which you bequeath or a debt, causing no injury...that will be the mighty success.
Abu Dawud said: Al-Ash'ath b. Jabirrr is the grandfather of Nasr b. 'Ali.
Narrated Abu Dharr:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) 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 the property of an orphan.
Abu Dawud said: This has been narrated only by the people of Egypt.
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Qur'anic verse goes: "(It is prescribed when death approaches any of you), if he leaves any goods, that he make bequest to parents and the next of kin.(Quran ii. 180)" The bequest was made in this way until the verse of inheritance repealed it.
Narrated Abu Hurairah:
I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) say: Allah has appointed for everyone who has a right what is due to him, and no bequest must be made to an heir.
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:
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 Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him). 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.
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:
A man came to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) 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.
Narrated Ali ibn Abu Talib:
I memorised (a tradition) from the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him): There is no orphanhood after puberty, and there is no silence for the whole day till the night.
Narrated Abu Hurairah:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: Refrain from seven (characteristics) which cause destruction. He was asked: What are they, Apostle 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 beleiving.
Abu Dawud said: The name of Abu al-Ghaith is Salim client of Ibn Muti'.
Narrated 'Umar ibn al-Khattab:
A Companion of the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: A man asked him (the Prophet): Apostle of Allah, what are the grave sins? He replied: They are nine. He then mentioned the tradition to the same effect. This version adds: "And disobedience to the Muslim parents, and to violate the sacred House, your qiblah (direction of prayer), in your life and after death.
Narrated Khabbab:
Mus'ab b. 'Umar was killed at the battle of Uhad, and for him only a coarse cloth would be found as a shroud. When we covered his head, his feet showed, and when we covered his feet, his head showed. So the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: Cover his head with it (the cloth), and put some rushes over his feet.
Narrated Buraidah:
A woman came to the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) 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 as completed if I perform (hajj) on her behalf? He said: Yes.
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
'Umar got some land in Khaibar, and he went to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) 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 an inalienable possession, and give its produce as sadaqah (charity). So 'Umar gave it as sadaqah declaring that the property must not be sold, given awa, or inherited; (and gave its produce as sadaqah to the devoted) to the poor, relatives, the emancipation of slaves, Allah's path, travellers. The narrator Bishr added: "and guests". Then the agreed version goes: No son being commited by 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)."
Narrated Yahya b. Sa'id:
'Abd al-Hamid b. 'Abd Allah b. 'Abd Allah b. 'Umar b. al-Khattab copied for me a document about the religious endowment (waqf) made by 'Umar al-Khattab: In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. This is what allah's servant 'Umar has written about Thamgh. He narrated the tradition like the one transmitted by Nafi'. He added: "provided he is not storing up goods (for himself)." The surplus fruit will be devoted to the beggar and the deprived. He then went on with the tradition, saying: If the man in charge of Thamgh wishes to buy a slave for his work for its fruits (by selling them), he may do so. Mu'iqb penned it and 'Abd Allah b. al-Arqam witnessed it: In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. this is what Allah's servant 'Umar, Commander of the Faithful, directed, in casesome incident happens to him (i.e. he dies), that Thamgh, Sirmah b. al-Akwa', the servant who is there, the hundred shares in (the land of) Khaibar, the servant who is there and the hundred shares which Muhammad (peace_be_upon_him) had donated to me in the valley (nearly) will remain in the custody of Hafsah during her life, then the men of opinion from her family will be in charge of these (endowments), that these will neither be sold nor purchased, spending (its produce) where they think (necessary on the beggar, deprived and relatives). There is no harm to the one in charge (of this endowment) if he eats himself, or feeds, or buys slaves with it.
Narrated Abu Hurairah:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: When a man dies, his action discontinues from him except three things, namely, perpetual sadaqah (charity), or the knowledge by which benifit is acquired, or a pious child who prays for him.
Narrated 'A'ishah, Ummul Mu'minin:
A woman said: Apostle 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 (peace_be_upon_him) said: Yes, give sadaqah on her behalf.
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
A man said: Apostle of Allah, my mother has died; will it benifit her if I give sadaqah on her behalf? He said: Yes. He said: I have a garden, and I call you to witness that I have given it as sadaqah on her behalf.
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:
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 Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him). He, therefore, came to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and said: Apostle 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 Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) 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.
Jarir b. 'Abd Allah said 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 Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) asking him to mediate to him on his behalf. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) 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 Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) asked him to defer (the debt) to him, but he refsed. He then narrated the rest of the tradition.