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Writing a Will

Writing a Will

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Auto-generated transcript:In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the honor of the prophets and messengers. Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and upon his family and his companions. May peace be upon him and upon his family. My brothers and sisters, may Allah bless the questioners. One of my friends asked me a question based on the Fajr Reminder which was sent yesterday. And he asked, he said that I said in the Khatira, which I did, that to make a will against the Hukam of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is haram. And that is true. If I did not say to make a will against the Hukam of Allah, my apologies, but that's what was meant. And JazakAllah for the question. The Khatira was on whether it is permissible for anyone to change the laws that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala created. On the basis of times have changed, geographies have changed, people have changed, cultures have changed, whatever, whatever, whatever. The question was, is it permissible or would it be permissible for people? And by people, I don't mean ordinary people like myself. I mean, even the ulama, even the scholars of the time. If all of them get together, if every single scholar, on the face of the earth at that time, if they all get together and they decide and they pass a resolution or they pass a or they make a fatwa or they give an opinion to say that any of the laws that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala made is no longer viable, no longer permissible, no longer applicable, no longer valid. Then there. Their collective opinion would be trash, would be rejected, and they would face the wrath of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala on the Day of Judgment for trying to change what Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala prescribed and commanded in the Quran al-Kareem. They would, in fact, leave the fold of Islam if they pass a ruling to say that anything which Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala prohibited is permissible. And if anything which Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala prohibited is permissible, then they would leave the fold of Islam. So they would leave the fold of Islam if they pass a ruling to say that anything which Allah has permitted is prohibited. Both ways, if they permit something which Allah has prohibited, they would leave the fold of Islam. And if they prohibit what Allah has permitted, they will leave the fold of Islam. Now, having said that, the question was therefore, can I write a will or not? There are two points to understand this. First of all, to write a will against the rules of Islam. The rules of inheritance that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentioned in the Qur'an al-Kareem would be haram. If somebody wrote that will, then that action would be an action of kufr. If somebody wrote that will with the belief that his reasoning and his logic was correct and that the Qur'an is faulty and that the Qur'an should be changed and therefore since the Qur'an cannot be changed, therefore I will change my will and I will write a will in opposition to the Qur'an. For example, in the Qur'an, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gives the son two shares and the daughter one share. Now there are people who say this is unfair, this is anti-women, this is something which should be changed and they write a will giving their decision. So, the person who says that will, then he will write a will and the daughter will be given the same share. Now, this action is haram. To do that is kufr. And a person who does that with understanding, with believing that he is right or she is right has left the fold of Islam. Wallahu a'alam. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala guide us. Now you might say, well, I would like to give my son or daughter an equal, son and daughter in equal share. So, let me step one, take one step back. So, let me step one, take one step back. And say that first and foremost, your son and your daughter and you are the creatures of Allah. Allah created you.
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