The Prophet ﷺ visited Saad in Mecca to check on him during his illness, and Saad wept.The Prophet ﷺ asked, "What makes you weep?"Saad replied, "I fear that I will die in the land from which I emigrated, just as Saad bin Khawla died."The Prophet ﷺ said, "O Allah, heal Saad. O Allah, heal Saad," three times.Saad said, "Messenger of Allah, I have considerable wealth, and only my daughter will inherit from me. Shall I bequeath all of my wealth in charity?"He said, "No."Saad asked, "Then two-thirds?"He said, "No."Saad asked, "Then half?"He said, "No."Saad asked, "Then a third?"He said, "A third, and even a third is a lot. If you leave your heirs well-off, that is better than leaving them destitute, begging from people. Whatever you spend in charity from your wealth is a charity, whatever you spend on your family is a charity, and even what your wife eats from your wealth is a charity. Indeed, leaving your family in prosperity," or he said, "in comfort, is better than leaving them to beg from people," and he gestured with his hand.
حدثنا محمد بن أبي عمر المكي حدثنا الثقفي عن أيوب السختياني عن عمرو بن سعيد عن حميد بن عبد الرحمن الحميري
أن النبي ﷺ دخل على سعد يعوده بمكة فبكى قال ما يبكيك فقال قد خشيت أن أموت بالأرض التي هاجرت منها كما مات سعد بن خولة فقال النبي ﷺ اللهم اشف سعدا اللهم اشف سعدا ثلاث مرار قال يا رسول الله إن لي مالا كثيرا وإنما يرثني ابنتي أفأوصي بمالي كله قال لا قال فبالثلثين قال لا قال فالنصف قال لا قال فالثلث قال الثلث والثلث كثير إن صدقتك من مالك صدقة وإن نفقتك على عيالك صدقة وإن ما تأكل امرأتك من مالك صدقة وإنك أن تدع أهلك بخير أو قال بعيش خير من أن تدعهم يتكففون الناس وقال بيده
Muslim narrated the hadith of Humayd bin Abdul-Rahman Himyari from three men among the descendants of Saad, and this was traced by Thaqafi, from Ayub, from Amr bin Saeed, from Humayd Himyari, from three, each of whom narrated from his father.Hammad said, from Ayub, from Amr, from three, who said, "Saad fell ill," as a mursal narration.Hisham said, from Muhammad, from Humayd, from three of the sons of Saad, that Saad...Muslim narrated all of these.
I say, the upshot is that Abdul-Wahhab bin Abdul-Majid Thaqafi narrated it as a connected chain, and Wahib followed him in this, as found in Musnad Ahmad, volume 1, page 165. Hammad bin Zayd narrated it as a disconnected chain, and likewise Muhammad bin Sirin narrated it from Humayd. So it appears that Humayd sometimes narrated it disconnected, and at other times he was more diligent and narrated it connected, and that both the connected and disconnected versions are sahih. And Allah knows best.