Chapter 140: About the Permissibility of Complaining of an Illness

Translation: 469. Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'oud: ' I visited Allah's Messenger ﷺ while he was suffering from a high fever. I said: " O Allah's Messenger! You have a high fever. " He said: " Yes. I have as much fever as two men of you. " I said: " Is it because you will have a double reward? " He said: " Yes. It is so. No Muslim is afflicted with any harm, even if it were the prick of a thorn, but that Allah expiates his sins because of it, as a tree sheds its leaves. " (Bukhari)

Translation: 470. Narrated Sa'ad ibn Malik: ' The Messenger of Allah.

Translation: visited me when I was ill and said: “ Have you made your bequests? " I said: " Yes. " He said: " How much have you bequeathed? " I said: ' I bequeathed all of my possessions for the sake of Allah. " He said: " What have you left for your sons? " I said: " They are well-to-do people. " He said: " Bequeath one tenth. " Sa'ad said: " I persisted in negotiating with him until he said: “ Bequeath one third and one third is too much. 595 "

Abu Abdul-Rahman said: ' Thus, we like to bequeath less than one third because the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: " Bequeath one third and one third is too much. " "

Abu-Issa said: " The Hadith of Sa'ad is Hasano Saheeh (o and the people of knowledge saw that a man should not bequeath more than one third. In fact, they recommend that he bequeaths less than a third. "

Sofyan Al-Thawri said: " They thought that the one who bequeathed one fifth was better than the one who bequeathed. one fourth, and the one bequeathed one fifth is better than the one who bequeathed one third. As for him who bequeathed one third, he did not leave anything and he is not permitted to bequeath more than that. "