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The word · Law and life

وَصِيَّة

Wasiyyah

A bequest: instructions for up to a third of your estate, taking effect after death.

The Qur'an mentions it before the inheritance shares, and debts are settled before both. Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas asked about leaving his whole estate to charity and was told a third, and that even a third is a great deal. A wasiyyah cannot be made in favour of someone who already inherits, since their share is fixed by revelation, so it is used for non heirs, for charity, and for burial and guardianship instructions.

The Path · chapter 6 of 71

نوح السفينة

Nuh: Ark Building 950 Years

950 years of dawah. Only a handful believed. The Ark was built on land by Allah’s command.

Shirk enters through exaggeration of the righteous, not through open rebellion