Ahmed Alhasan

“Prescribed for you when death approaches [any] one of you if he leaves wealth [is that he should make] a bequest for the parents and near relatives according to what is acceptable - a duty upon the righteous.”

(Surat Al-Baqara (The Cow):180)

 

After reading this verse every beliving Muslim should ask himself: If it obligatory upon the believer to leave a will - where is the will of the Prophet Mohammed (pbuhahp)?
Because it is impossible that the Master of the Righteous disobeyed this command, allthough it states that leaving a will is

“...a duty upon the righteous.”

 

In fact there are some narrations that point to the fact that the Prophet (pbuhahf) wrote a will in the night of his death. And even the will itself can be found in Muslim Hadith collections.

 

To find out more about the authencity of the will according to Sunni sources click here…

 

To find out more about the authencity of the will according to Shia sources click here…

 

In the book Ghaybat Al-Tusi on page 150, as well as in other collections, we find the will of the Prophet (pbuhahf):

“The Prophet Muhammad pbuhap said to Ali bin Abi Talib on the night of his death,

“O Father of Al-Hassan, bring me a pen and a paper”, and he dictated his will until he came to a position where he said,

“O Ali, there will be twelve Imams after me and after them there will be twelve Mahdis.

You, O Ali, are the first of the twelve Imams, Allah has named you in his heavens Ali Al- Mortatha, The Prince of the Believers, the Grand Truthful, the Bright Differentiator between truth and falsehood, the trusted, and the Mahdi (the rightly guided). These names may not to be truly attributed to other than you. O Ali, you are my successor over my family, their living and their deceased, and over my women. Whomever you affirm shall find me tomorrow, and whomever you reject I am innocent of her. I will not see her and she will not see me on the Day of Resurrection. And you are the successor (Khalifa) upon my nation after me.

If death approaches you, hand it over to my son Al-Hassan the very beneficial.

Then if death approaches him, let him hand it over to my son Al- Hussein, the martyr, the pure, the assassinated.

Then if death approaches him, let him hand it over to his son, the master of the worshippers, Ali.

Then if death approaches him, let him hand it over to his son, Muhammed Al-Baqir.

Then if death approaches him, let him hand it over to his son, Jafar Al-Sadiq.

Then if death approaches him, let him hand it over to his son, Musa Al-Kathum. Then if death approaches him, let him hand it over to his son, Ali Al-Retha.

Then if death approaches him, let him hand it over to his son Muhammad, the trustworthy, the pious.

Then if death approaches him, let him hand it over to his son Ali, the advisor.

Then if death approaches him, let him hand it over to his son Al-Hassan, the virtuous.

Then if death approaches him, let him hand it over to his son, Muhammad the Entrusted of the Holy Family of Muhammad peace be upon them.

So these are the twelve Imams. Then after him, there will be twelve Mahdis.

So if death approaches him, let him hand it over to his son, the first of the close ones, he has three names, one like mine and my father’s: Abdullah (servant of Allah), Ahmad and the third name is The Mahdi (rightly guided). He is the first of the believers.”

 

This will is also mentioned in the following books:

• Sheikh Hor Al-Amili, Ithbat Al-Hodat Vol. 1 p.549

• Sheikh Hor Al-Amili, Al-Iqath Min Al-Haj’a p.393-3

• Sheikh Hassan bin Soulayman Al Hilli, Mokhtasar Al Bassair p.159

• Al-Allama Al-Majlisii, Bihar Al-Anwar Vol. 53 p.147

• Al-Allama Al-Majlisii, Bihar Al-Anwar Vol. 36 p.260

• Sheikh Abd Allah Al-Bahrani, Al’awalim Vol. 3 p.236

• Al-Sayyed Hashim Al-Bahrani, Ghayat Al-Maram Vol. 1 p.370

• Al-Sayyed Hashim Al-Bahrani, Al-Insaf p.222

• Al-Fayth Al-Kachani, Nawadir Al-Akhbar p.294-9

• Sheikh Mirza Annouri, Annajm Al-Thaqib Vol. 2 p.71

• Al-Sayyed Muhammad Muhammad Sadiq Al-Sadir , Tarikh Ma Ba’d Al-Thohoor p.641-11

• Sheikh Al Mayanji, Makatib Arrassoul Vol. 2 p.96

• Sheikh Al-Korani, Mokhtasar Mo’jam Ahadith Al-Imam Al-Mahdi p.301-13