Chapter on the Obligation of Returning a Bequest to What is Proper and What the Deceased is Entitled to From His Wealth

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 85

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 85

Chapter on the Obligation of Returning a Bequest to What is Proper and What the Deceased is Entitled to From His Wealth

Hadith #5428

5428 - وَ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ : "كَانَ اَلْبَرَاءُ بْنُ مَعْرُورٍ اَلْأَنْصَارِيُّ بِالْمَدِينَةِ وَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ بِمَكَّةَ وَ إِنَّهُ حَضَرَهُ اَلْمَوْتُ وَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ اَلْمُسْلِمُونَ يُصَلُّونَ إِلَى بَيْتِ اَلْمَقْدِسِ فَأَوْصَى اَلْبَرَاءُ بْنُ مَعْرُورٍ أَنْ يُجْعَلَ وَجْهُهُ إِلَى تِلْقَاءِ اَلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ إِلَى اَلْقِبْلَةِ وَ أَوْصَى بِثُلُثِ مَالِهِ فَجَرَتْ بِهِ اَلسُّنَّةُ".

Hadith.5428 - Muhammad ibn Abi Umayr narrated from Muawiyah ibn Ammar from Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq , who said: "Al-Bara' ibn Marur Al-Ansari was in Medina while the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) was in Mecca. When death approached him (Al-Bara'), and while the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) and the Muslims were still praying towards Bayt Al-Maqdis (Jerusalem), Al-Bara' ibn Marur instructed that his face be turned towards the direction of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family), towards the Kabah. He also bequeathed one-third of his wealth. Thus, this practice became a Sunnah (established tradition)."