Hazrat Talha bin Musarrif narrated that I asked Abdullah bin Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him), "Did the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) make any bequest (wasiyyah)?" He replied, "No." Upon this, I asked, "Then how did bequest become obligatory upon people?" Or (the narrator reported it as), "Why were people commanded to make a bequest?" He said, "The Prophet (peace be upon him) advised people to act upon the Book of Allah." (And in the Book of Allah, there is a command to make a bequest.)