Hadith #2444Ungraded
أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ ، عَنْ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ، قَالَ : " هَكَذَا كَانُوا يُوصُونَ : هَذَا مَا أَوْصَى بِهِ فُلَانُ بْنُ فُلَانٍ، أَنَّهُيَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، وَأَنَّ السَّاعَةَ آتِيَةٌ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهَا، وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَبْعَثُ مَنْ فِي الْقُبُورِ، وَأَوْصَى مَنْ تَرَكَ بَعْدَهُ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ أَنْ يَتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَيُصْلِحُوا ذَاتَ بَيْنِهِمْ، وَأَنْ يُطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ إِنْ كَانُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ، وَأَوْصَاهُمْ بِمَا أَوْصَى بِهِ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بَنِيهِ وَيَعْقُوبُ : # يَا بَنِيَّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ اصْطَفَى لَكُمُ الدِّينَ فَلا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ سورة البقرة آية 132 #، وَأَوْصَى إِنْ حَدَثَ بِهِ حَدَثٌ مِنْ وَجَعِهِ هَذَا، أَنَّ حَاجَتَهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا "
It was narrated from Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "This is how they used to make their wills: 'This is the bequest of so-and-so son of so-and-so — he bears witness that there is no god but Allah alone with no partner, that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger, that the Hour is coming with no doubt, and that Allah will resurrect those in the graves.' He would bequeath to those he left behind among his family to fear Allah, to rectify matters among themselves, and to obey Allah and His Messenger if they were believers. He would enjoin upon them what Ibrahim and Ya'qub enjoined upon their sons: {O my sons, indeed Allah has chosen for you this religion, so do not die except as Muslims} (Quran 2:132). He would also specify in his bequest what his needs were, should anything happen to him during his illness."