visited me during the Farewell Pilgrimage while I was suffering from severe pain. I said, “Messenger of Allah, the illness has reached me as you can see. I possess considerable wealth, and no one will inherit from me except a single daughter. May I give away two-thirds of my estate in charity?” He replied, “No.” I asked, “Then one half, Messenger of Allah?” He said, “No.” I said, “What about one-third, Messenger of Allah?” He answered, “One-third—and one-third is still much. To leave your heirs independent is better than to leave them poor and begging from people. Whatever you spend seeking Allah’s Face you will be rewarded for—even the morsel you place in your wife’s mouth.”

I then asked, “Messenger of Allah, will I be left behind after my companions (have gone)?” He said, “You will not be left behind and then perform any deed seeking thereby the Face of Allah without it raising you one degree and increasing you in rank. Perhaps you will live on so that some people benefit from you while others are harmed through you. O Allah, complete for my Companions their emigration, and do not cause them to turn back upon their heels. The only unfortunate one is Saʿd ibn Khawla.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said this because he felt sorry that Saʿd ibn Khawla had died in Mecca. (Agreed upon)

Explanation
The author—may Allah the Exalted have mercy on him—cites what Saʿd ibn Abī Waqqāṣ reported: that the Prophet ﷺ came to visit him when he was stricken by illness in Mecca. Saʿd ibn Abī Waqqāṣ was among the Emigrants who had left Mecca for Medina, forsaking their homeland for the sake of Allah. It was the Prophet’s custom ﷺ to visit his ailing Companions, just as he would visit them on other occasions, for he was