Sunan Abu Dawud — Wills

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:A man said: Messenger of Allah, my mother has died ; will it benefit 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

حدثنا احمد بن منيع، حدثنا روح بن عبادة، حدثنا زكريا بن اسحاق، اخبرنا عمرو بن دينار، عن عكرمة، عن ابن عباس، ان رجلا، قال يا رسول الله ان امي توفيت افينفعها ان تصدقت عنها فقال " نعم " . قال فان لي مخرفا واني اشهدك اني قد تصدقت به عنها

Narrated 'Amr b. Suh'aib: On his father's authority, said that his grandfather told that 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 Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He, therefore, came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: Messenger 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 Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) 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

حدثنا العباس بن الوليد بن مزيد، اخبرني ابي، حدثنا الاوزاعي، حدثني حسان بن عطية، عن عمرو بن شعيب، عن ابيه، عن جده، ان العاص بن وايل، اوصى ان يعتق، عنه ماية رقبة فاعتق ابنه هشام خمسين رقبة فاراد ابنه عمرو ان يعتق عنه الخمسين الباقية فقال حتى اسال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فاتى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال يا رسول الله ان ابي اوصى بعتق ماية رقبة وان هشاما اعتق عنه خمسين وبقيت عليه خمسون رقبة افاعتق عنه فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " انه لو كان مسلما فاعتقتم عنه او تصدقتم عنه او حججتم عنه بلغه ذلك

Narrated Jabir bin ‘Abdullah :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 Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asking him to mediate to him on his behalf. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) 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 Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asked him to defer (the debt) to him, but he refused. He then narrated the rest of the tradition

حدثنا محمد بن العلاء، ان شعيب بن اسحاق، حدثهم عن هشام بن عروة، عن وهب بن كيسان، عن جابر بن عبد الله، انه اخبره ان اباه توفي وترك عليه ثلاثين وسقا لرجل من يهود فاستنظره جابر فابى فكلم جابر النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ان يشفع له اليه فجاء رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وكلم اليهودي لياخذ ثمر نخله بالذي له عليه فابى عليه وكلمه رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ان ينظره فابى . وساق الحديث