They quote Talhah ibn Masrif saying...

They quote Talhah ibn Masrif saying: "I asked ‘Abdullah ibn Abu ‘Awfah: ‘Did the Prophet leave any will at all?' He answered: ‘No.' I asked: ‘How did he enjoin people to write their wills while he himself did not do so?' He answered: ‘His will is the Book of Allah.'" This hadith is not confirmed through our sources; it is but a fabrication necessitated by certain politicians.

Regardless of that, the sahih s of the purified progeny are mutawatir regarding the issue of the will; so, let all texts which disagree with them be discarded. IV Reason and Intellect Require it. Yet the issue of the will does not even require any argument due to the dictates of reason and common sense. If something elongates, it stands by itself - in form and hue; For surely the sun dissipates all that seems to be untrue.

As regarding al­Bukhari's narrative from Ibn Abu ‘Awfah who claims that the Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, has left the Book of Allah as his will, it is a statement the tail of which is cut off, for he, peace be upon him and his progeny, had recommended to his nation to uphold both Weighty Things spontaneously, warning it of the danger of straying if it did not do so, informing it that they both would never part from each other till they reached him at the Pool.

Our sahih s in this regard are consecutively reported from the sources of the purified progeny; so, you may refer to other sahih s as quoted in our Letters No. 8 and 54, Wassalam. Yours, Sh [^1]: On page 66, Part Two, Vol. 2, of his Tabaqat, Ibn Sa’d quotes ‘Ali saying: "The Prophet (pbuh) had instructed that nobody other than myself should give him the ceremonial bath [for the dead]." Both Abul Shaykh and Ibn al-Najjar, as stated on page 54, Vol.

4, of Kanz al-’Ummal, quote ‘Ali (as) saying: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) had instructed me saying: ‘When I die, bathe me and use seven water skins." Ibn Sa’d, while discussing giving the Prophet (pbuh) his last ceremonial bath, on page 63, Part Two, Vol. 2, of his Tabaqat, quotes ‘Abdul-Wahid ibn Abu ‘Awanah saying that when the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) fell sick prior to his demise, he said: "O ‘Ali!

You should bathe me when I die." ‘Ali said: "I conducted the ceremonial bath for him, and each part of his body was very responsive to my touch." Both al-Hakim, on page 59, Vol.