Busari Muhammad Jamiu

Bismillāhi Rahmāni Rahīm  You are welcome to today's class on inheritance law in Islām. Date:   3rd  Jumādah Thānnī , 1441 A H /  27th    January, 2020 Series 2:   Al-Farā’id (The Islamic Law of Inheritance): The Theories   Lesson:   45 Topic:  Revision on Will or Bequest Writing in Islām (Al-Waṣiyyah) Sub-Topic: Conditions, Features and Benefits of  Al-Waṣiyyah (Bequest/Will): Part 1 As students of Islām, it’s imperative upon us to be acquainted with the conditions, features and benefits of  Al-Waṣiyyah. Generally, as inferred from Qur’anic provisions and aḥādith of the Prophet, the following are deduced by majority of scholars as conditions, features, benefits and restrictions of Al-Waṣiyyah: 1.  Bequest was mandatory before the revelation of the verses of inheritance. 2.  The Waṣiyyah verses were abrogated by inheritance verses in the cases of legal heirs but remain valid in favour of non- heirs...

Bismillāhi Rahmāni Rahīm  You are welcome to today's class on inheritance law in Islām. Date:   29th  Jumādah al-Ullah , 1441 A H /  24th    January, 2020 Series 2:   Al-Farā’id (The Islamic Law of Inheritance): The Theories   Lesson:   44 Topic:  Revision on Will or Bequest Writing in Islām (Al-Wasiyyah) Sub-Topic: Types of  Al-Waṣiyyah (Bequest/Will) Alhamdulillāh, in our previous classes, we have deliberated on the meaning and the origin of Al-Waṣiyyah in Islām. This week, we are looking are the types of Al-Waṣiyyah and its conditions, features, benefits and restrictions as enshrined under Islamic law. According to some scholars, there are two types of Al-Waṣiyyah; namely, specific and general bequests. Specific bequest entails a bequest made on a particular item or a special property while the general bequest is not special. They opined that the differences between the two is that the specific bequest is dete...