Narrated Sa`d: I fell sick and the Prophet paid me a visit. I said to him, O Allah's Apostle! I invoke Allah that He may not let me expire in the land whence I migrated (i.e. Mecca). He said, May Allah give you health and let the people benefit by you. I said, I want to will my property, and I have only one daughter and I want to will half of my property (to be given in charity). He said, Half is too much. I said, Then I will one third. He said, One-third, yet even one-third is too much. (The narrator added, So the people started to will one third of their property and that was Permitted for them. )