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The Muslim`s bequest
Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's Messenger (may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) as saying:
It is the duty of a Muslim who has something which is to be given as a bequest not to have it for two nights without having his will written down regarding it.
Death comes suddenly. Man does not know when death will reach him. If one did not leave a bequest, his heirs may lose a part of their properties because of his negligence. One must keep in mind that he is a guardian in his house and responsible for his dependants.
Then he has to write a bequest for his family concerning whatever he leaves after him, in order to save the rights of his heirs, he shall write: such and such owes me so and so, and I owe for such and such so and so. So that his heir can count their estate and fulfill their duties as Allah legislated. This commandment is obligatory according to the correct view of the Jurists, if the wealth is big. However, some of the Jurists held the view that leaving a bequest is obligatory regardless of the amount of wealth one may leave behind him.
