The making of a bequest, its limits against the estate, the appointment and duties of an executor, and disputes over what was intended.
Chapters
- 1. The Will and What it Must Consist of 5 hadith
- 2. Executing the Will as it Requires 5 hadith
- 3. Another Chapter 2 hadith
- 4. Another Chapter 2 hadith
- 5. A Will for Setting free Slaves, Charity or al-Hajj 18 hadith
- 6. The Executor of the Will must Correct the Possible Violation of the Law in the Will 2 hadith
- 7. An Executor of the Will is held Responsible for Changing a Lawful Will 3 hadith
- 8. Al-Mudabbar (the Slave for whose Freedom Death of the Master is a Condition) is from One Third of the Legacy 4 hadith
- 9. First the Shroud, then Debts, then Will is paid for from the Legacy 3 hadith
- 10. The Will and Debts 7 hadith
- 11. One Who Sets Free a Slave and He is Indebted 3 hadith
- 12. The Witness for the Will 7 hadith
- 13. The Will about a Contracted Slave 1 hadith
- 14. The Will of Immature Boys and Girls, the Lawful and Unlawful Matters in it 4 hadith
- 15. Will in Favor of Mothers of Children 4 hadith
- 16. The Matters Permissible in Endowment, Charity, Gift, Present, Providing Conditional Housing and Matters Permissible or otherwise for a Child and others 41 hadith
- 17. The Will for a Part of One’s Assets 3 hadith
- 18. The Will about Something of One’s Legacy 2 hadith
- 19. The Will about a Share of One’s Legacy 2 hadith
- 20. One in His Illness Confesses His Indebtedness to One of his Heirs 5 hadith
- 21. When certain ones of the Heirs Confirm Freeing of a Slave or Debts 3 hadith
- 22. The Case of One Who Leaves very Little Legacy with a Larger Amount of Debt and Dependents 3 hadith
- 23. A Man Makes a Will and Appoints an Executor but he Refuses to Accept it 6 hadith
- 24. Another Chapter 4 hadith
- 25. The Adults whose Will is not Acceptable 1 hadith
- 26. Distribution of What is Bequeathed To Relatives 3 hadith
- 27. The Case of one who Makes a Bequest for an Adult with whom a Child must Share 2 hadith
- 28. The Case of One’s Appointing Two Executors for the Will, Each of whom Deals with a Certain Portion of the Legacy 2 hadith
- 29. Charities of the Holy Prophet, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, Fatimah and ‘A’immah, ‘Alayhim al-Salam 14 hadith
- 30. Things that Reach a Deceased after his Death 5 hadith
- 31. The Rare Ahadith 31 hadith
- 32. The Case of One who Dies without a Will, Leaves behind Small Heirs and it is Sold upon Him 3 hadith
- 33. The Executor of the Will Hands over the Assets of Children who were Small, now Adults, but they Refuse to Take Charge, the Children who Become Adults but are not Found to be of Proper Understanding, the Limit of Adulthood 9 hadith
- 34. The Owner is more Rightful to his Property as Long as he is Living 10 hadith
- 35. Making a Will for the Heir 6 hadith
- 36. The Matters for which one can Make a Will and what is Preferable in the Issue 7 hadith
- 37. Another Chapter 1 hadith
- 38. A Man Makes a Will, then Cancels it 4 hadith
- 39. If the Beneficiary of a Will dies before the Death of the Testator or before Taking Possession 3 hadith