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2117. Abū Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Indeed a man, and a woman, perform deeds in obedience to Allāh for sixty years, then death presents itself to them, and they cause such harm in the will that the Fire becomes warranted for them." Then he recited: After payment of legacies he (or she) may have bequeathed or debts, without causing harm. This is a Commandment from Allāh... up to His saying: That is the magnificent success.[1] (Hasan)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan [Ṣaḥīḥ] Gharīb from this route, and Naṣr bin 'Alī (a narrator in the chain) who reported from Al-Ash'ath bin Jābir is the grandfather of Naṣr bin 'Alī Al-Jahḍamī.
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The Hadīth proves that it is not allowed for a believing man or woman to make a will to the detriment of the legal heirs, or to make a disproportionate will in favor of a certain heir to the detriment of others, or to make a false declaration of a debt upon himself or herself in order to do wrong to the heirs — all these acts amount to committing a sin of a proportion whose only recompense is Hellfire.
