A man who makes a bequest and says: bear witness to what is in it

Yunus said: A man came to al-Hasan with a sealed will so that he could make al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) a witness to it. Al-Hasan said: Do you not find, among these people, two trustworthy men whom you can make witnesses to this document?

Jarir narrated from Mughirah, and he said that in his opinion Mughirah reported this from Ibrahim, that he said, regarding a man who sealed his will and says to people, "Bear witness to what is written in it!": This is not permissible unless he reads that will out to them, or the will is read out in that man's presence and he acknowledges what is written.

Ayyub narrated from Abu Qilabah regarding a man who wrote a will and says, "Bear witness to what is written in this will." He said: It is not permissible until he informs the people of the will written in it.

Sa'id bin Zayd said: I went with Hafs bin Asim to Salim, and he had sealed his will. He said: If death comes to me, then bear witness to this will.

Qatadah narrated that Abd al-Malik bin Ya'la, the judge of Basrah, said, regarding a man who writes his will, seals it, and then says to people, "Bear witness to what is written in it!": Doing this is permissible.

Abu Bakr bin Amr bin Hazm said: A young boy from Ghassan lived in Madinah, whose heirs lived in Syria, and he had a paternal aunt in Madinah. When the time of his death drew near, his aunt came to Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), mentioned the boy's condition, and asked: Can that boy make a will? He said: Has he reached puberty? He said: I said: No. He said: Then he can make a will. He said: The boy then made a bequest of a palm grove to his aunt. The narrator said: I sold that palm grove for that woman for thirty thousand dirhams.

Al-Zuhri narrated that Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) upheld the will of an eleven-year-old boy.

Al-Zuhri also narrated that Umar bin Abd al-Aziz upheld the will of a child.

Muhammad narrated that Abdullah bin Utbah was asked about the will of a young girl, whom people had described as being of young age and in a belittling manner. He said: Whoever makes a will in accordance with what is right, we will uphold it.

Abu Bakr bin Abi Musa narrated that a young son of Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) made a will. His brothers wanted to cancel his will, and for this they took the case to the court of the judge Shurayh, who upheld the boy's will.

Hammad narrated that Ibrahim said: A child's will concerning his own wealth is permissible in one-third or less.

Mutarrif said: I asked al-Sha'bi: Is a child's will permissible? He said: It is permissible.

Umarah said: I heard Abu Amr bin al-Ajda' saying: The husband of a child's wet nurse came with a case before Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). He ordered us to free him, so we freed him.

It is narrated from al-Sha'bi that Shurayh said concerning the will of a child: Whichever testator makes a correct will, it shall take effect.

Abu Ishaq said: A child made a will of forty dirhams for a wet nurse of his from the region of al-Hirah, and Judge Shurayh upheld that will.

It is narrated from Abu Ishaq that Judge Shurayh said: When a child has grown old enough that he does not go to the edge of a well for fear of falling into it, the will he makes shall take effect.

It is narrated from Zakariyya that al-Sha'bi said: The will of a boy or a girl is not valid until they reach the age of prayer.