Hadith 454
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Hadith.5423 - Aṣim ibn Humayd narrated from Muhammad ibn Qays from Abu Jafar mam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as), who said
"The Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) used to say:
'To bequeath one-fifth of my wealth is more beloved to me than to bequeath one-fourth, and to bequeath one-fourth is more beloved to me than to bequeath one-third.
Whoever bequeaths one-third without leaving anything behind has gone to excess.'"
Imam (as) also said: "Whoever bequeaths one-third of his wealth without leaving anything has reached the limit."
5423 - وَ رَوَى عَاصِمُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ
كَانَ أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَقُولُ : "لَأَنْ أُوصِيَ بِخُمُسِ مَالِي أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أُوصِيَ بِالرُّبُعِ وَ لَأَنْ أُوصِيَ بِالرُّبُعِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أُوصِيَ بِالثُّلُثِ وَ مَنْ أَوْصَى بِالثُّلُثِ فَلَمْ يَتَّرِكْ فَقَدْ بَالَغَ"
وَ قَالَ "مَنْ أَوْصَى بِثُلُثِ مَالِهِ فَلَمْ يَتْرُكْ فَقَدْ بَلَغَ اَلْمَدَى".
Similar narrations
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