What is a Wassiyyah?

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A wassiyyah is not the same thing as a “last will” in the United States. The wassiyyah, in Islam, refers to a 1/3 (or less) bequest that a Muslim can give after death; it can go to charity or relatives who are not otherwise heirs under the Islamic rules of inheritance.

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