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hanif_
02-10-2010, 06:58 PM
Wills and Testaments (Wasaayaa)

Why have a Will and Testament?

2:180 (Y. Ali) It is prescribed, when death approaches any of you, if he leave any goods that he make a bequest to parents and next of kin, according to reasonable usage; this is due from the Allah.fearing.

What are some of the contents of a Will?

A preamble in which the testator declares his faith and calls upon all his/her surviving relatives and friends to fear Allah and accept Islam in their sayings and doings. Abdul Razzaq reported Anas (through an authentic chain) to have said: "'They (the Companions) used to write at the beginning of their Wills: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. This is what son of (so and so) testated, that he testifies that there is no god but Allah, the One, Who has no partner. He also testifies that Muhammad (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam) is Allah's servant and messenger, that the Last Hour will no doubt come, that Allah resurrects those in the graves. Then he (the testator) advises the survivors of his clan to fear Allah and reconcile(any differences among themselves, to obey Allah and His apostle if they are true believers, that he advises them the same as Ibrahim and Yaqub advised, "That Allah has chosen the faith for you; then die not except in the faith of Islam"

Direction and instructions to the executor and all surviving relatives and friends concerning the Islamic funeral and burial. This must include the washing (ghusl), the prayer on the deceased (janazah), and the burial (dafn) as prescribed in Shari' ah.

Directions and instructions to the executor, heirs, and authority, to pay all debts to other people as well as debts to Allah (Subhanahu wa Taala) such as due Zakah. The same applies to last illness expenses and funeral and burial expenses


Narrated Abdullah bin Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "It is not permissible for any Muslim who has something to will to stay for two nights without having his last will and testament written and kept ready with him."
Sahih Bukhari Volume 4, Book 51, Number 1:


Narrated Amr bin Al-Harith:

(The brother of the wife of Allah's Apostle. Juwaira bint Al-Harith) When Allah's Apostle died, he did not leave any Dirham or Dinar (i.e. money), a slave or a slave woman or anything else except his white mule, his arms and a piece of land which he had given in charity .
Sahih Bukhari Volume 4, Book 51, Number 2:


Narrated Talha bin Musarrif:

I asked 'Abdullah bin Abu Aufa "Did the Prophet make a will?" He replied, "No," I asked him, "How is it then that the making of a will has been enjoined on people, (or that they are ordered to make a will)?" He replied, "The Prophet bequeathed Allah's Book (i.e. Quran)."
Sahih Bukhari Volume 4, Book 51, Number 3:

sources: Quran, Sahih Bukhari,
http://www.isnacanada.com/isna/wila0127.htm
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