Writing a will and placing it under the pillow
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it obligatory for a Muslim to write his will in writing and place it under his pillow every day at bedtime? Or how do we understand the reported hadith in which it is placed under the head?
Answer:
This applies to debts and rights that are upon him or that he has with people; he writes them down so that they are not lost. As for a voluntary bequest, no, that is voluntary. If he does it, he gets reward, and if he leaves it, there is no blame on him.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it obligatory for a Muslim to write his will in writing and place it under his pillow every day at bedtime? Or how do we understand the reported hadith in which it is placed under the head?
Answer:
This applies to debts and rights that are upon him or that he has with people; he writes them down so that they are not lost. As for a voluntary bequest, no, that is voluntary. If he does it, he gets reward, and if he leaves it, there is no blame on him.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين-14-07-1439هـ — af.org.sa (56:29)
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