All praise is due only to Allaah. We laud Him and beseech His

Making a 
Wasiyyat
Every Muslim man and woman must prepare a 
Wasiyyat
(bequest). The Hadith Shareef has emphasised quite strongly on 
it. More especially if a person has 
Qadha
Salaat, fasts, Waajib 
Hajj or Zakaat, a 
wasiyyat
must be prepared. If such a person 
does not leave a 
wasiyyat
then he/she has sinned greatly. As 
long as a person has not made up the 
Wasiyyat
, the in will 
continue to accrue. It is therefore imperative that if a 
Wasiyyat 
has not yet been made, one hastens and prepare one 
immediately. 
There are details regarding the drawing up of a 
Wasiyyat
in the 
Kitaab, 
Tareeqa Wasiyyat
. It is important that a husband draw 
up a 
Wasiyyat
and leave it with his wife and the wife leave one 
with her husband.
We have mentioned this here so that Allaah Ta`ala may grant 
all of us the good fortune to fulfil the rights of people and His 
rights, and that He grant us the ability to prepare for our 
Aakhirah before death. Aameen. 
The 
Wasiyyat
 of a pious husband to his wife
Ghazi Anwar Paasha Turki was a famous Mujaahid, who spent 
most of his life fighting in Jihaad. He met his end as a martyr. 
Just a day prior to his martyrdom he wrote a letter to his wife, 
which was published widely. In it there is much lesson and 
food for thought: 
To my Beloved life-partner and companion! Your last letter is 
before me. You must know that your letter will always be on my 
chest and close to me. I cannot see your face, but looking at the 
lines written by you, I see your fingers moving, which many a 
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times caressed my hair. I sometimes discern your image on the 
tent’s reflection. 
Ah! You write that you have been forgotten and your affection 
is not appreciated. You say that I love warfare and adore the 
sword. However at the time that you wrote this, you did not 
reflect that although these words were written out of affection, 
nonetheless, it caused blood to flow from my heart. How will I 
ever be able to convince you that there is no more a beloved to 
me than you in this entire world. You are the epitome of all my 
affection and I have never loved any else besides you. You are 
the only one who has stolen my heart. 
Why then did I separate from you? You may ask this question. 
Listen! I did not separate from you in order to amass wealth. I 
have also not separated from you so that I may establish a high 
throne, as my detractors have propagated. I have only 
separated from you because it is the Fardh of my Allaah Ta`ala 
that has pulled me here. There is no better obligation that 
Jihaad in the Path of Allaah Ta`ala. This is that Fardh whose 
intention of execution earns the highest stages in Firdows. 
Alhamdulillah, I do not only have the intention of fulfilling it 
because it is Fardh, rather I am putting it into practice. 
Separation from you is constantly on my mind, but it is this 
separation that makes me ecstatic, because love for you is such 
a thing which is the greatest test for me. I thank Allaah Ta`ala 
that I have succeeded in this test and have placed the love of 
Allaah Ta`ala before my own love. You should also be pleased 
and thank Allaah Ta`ala that He has placed such firm 
conviction in your husband that he has sacrificed his love of 
you for the Love of Allaah Ta`ala. 
Jihaad with the sword is not obligatory on you, but you are not 
excluded from the obligation of Jihaad. No Muslim man or 
woman is excluded from Jihaad. Your Jihaad is also that you 
give preference to His love and affection over your love and 
affections. 

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or after, then they need to renew the Nikah in the normal way, 
with the consent of both parties.
This is regarded as the best way in which to give 
Talaaq
, which 
is accepted so by all the Mathaa-hib.