سُوْرَةُ البَقَرَةِ
Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 180
كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ إِن تَرَكَ خَيْرًا ٱلْوَصِيَّةُ لِلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۖ حَقًّا عَلَى ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ ﴿180﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
It is prescribed for you, when death approaches any of you, if he leaves wealth, that he makes a bequest to parents and next of kin, according to reasonable manners. (This is) a duty upon Al-Muttaqûn (the pious - See V.2: 2).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
كُتِبَ
kutiba
Prescribed
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
for you
إِذَا
idhā
when
حَضَرَ
ḥaḍara
approaches
أَحَدَكُمُ
aḥadakumu
any of you
ٱلْمَوْتُ
l-mawtu
[the] death
إِن
in
if
تَرَكَ
taraka
he leaves
خَيْرًا
khayran
good
ٱلْوَصِيَّةُ
l-waṣiyatu
(making) the will
لِلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ
lil'wālidayni
for the parents
وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ
wal-aqrabīna
and the near relatives
بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۖ
bil-maʿrūfi
with due fairness
حَقًّا
ḥaqqan
a duty
عَلَى
ʿalā
on
ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ
l-mutaqīna
the righteous ones
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180. It is prescribed for you that when death approaches any of you and he leaves behind wealth, he should make a bequest in favor of his parents and relatives in a fair manner [226]. This is a duty upon the righteous.
[226]
The Command and Rulings of Bequest by the Deceased:
In the era of ignorance, it was customary that only the wife and children, especially male children, would inherit the estate (as is generally the custom among Muslims even today); parents and all other relatives would be deprived. According to this verse, it was made obligatory upon the dying person to make a just bequest for the parents and relatives. Later, Allah Almighty Himself specified the shares of parents and relatives in the verse of inheritance, so this verse was abrogated, and bequest remained only for up to one third of the estate or even less. This could either be made in favor of those heirs whose share Allah Almighty has not specified, or for other charitable works, up to one third of the wealth—a right that was given to the dying person. But today, Muslims are heedless even of this. Whereas, if they were to use this right, many social issues would be resolved automatically. For example, the issue of upbringing of such grandsons and granddaughters or maternal grandsons and granddaughters whose parents have passed away, or such needy relatives (those of the womb who are neither among the fixed-share heirs nor among the agnates).
[226]
The Command and Rulings of Bequest by the Deceased:
In the era of ignorance, it was customary that only the wife and children, especially male children, would inherit the estate (as is generally the custom among Muslims even today); parents and all other relatives would be deprived. According to this verse, it was made obligatory upon the dying person to make a just bequest for the parents and relatives. Later, Allah Almighty Himself specified the shares of parents and relatives in the verse of inheritance, so this verse was abrogated, and bequest remained only for up to one third of the estate or even less. This could either be made in favor of those heirs whose share Allah Almighty has not specified, or for other charitable works, up to one third of the wealth—a right that was given to the dying person. But today, Muslims are heedless even of this. Whereas, if they were to use this right, many social issues would be resolved automatically. For example, the issue of upbringing of such grandsons and granddaughters or maternal grandsons and granddaughters whose parents have passed away, or such needy relatives (those of the womb who are neither among the fixed-share heirs nor among the agnates).
