IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE BENEFICENT, THE MERCIFUL
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
PREAMBLE
I bear witness that there is no deity but Allah, the One, the Merciful, the Almighty
Creator of the heavens and the earth and all therein—God of Abraham, Moses, Jesus,
Muhammad, and all the Prophets, mercy and peace be upon them all. He is One God
and He has no partner.
And I bear witness that the Prophet Muhammad is His Servant
and his Messenger and the last of all the Prophets, mercy and peace be upon him.
I
bear witness that Allah is the Truth, that His promise is Truth, and that the Meeting with
Him is Truth. I bear witness that Paradise is Truth and that Hell is Truth. I bear witness
that the coming of the Day of Judgement is Truth, there is no doubt about it, and
that Allah, who is exalted about all deficiencies and imperfections, will surely resurrect
the dead of all generations of mankind, first and last and those in between.
This is my counsel to my relatives and friends, my Muslim brothers and sisters,
and all those who remain after me: that they strive to be true Muslims, that they submit
to their Creator may He Be exalted and worship Him as He alone is to be worshiped,
fear Him as He alone is to be feared, and love Him and His Prophet
Muhammad with a complete love that is rivaled by nothing besides them.
Let them
obey Him and hold Fast to His Shari’ah. Let them spread and firmly establish His religion
of Islam, and let them die only in a state of complete submission to His Will.
I remind them that no man and no woman dies before his/her time. The exact duration of each life span is precisely determined before we are born by the All
Powerful Creator, may He be exalted. Death is tragic only for the one who lived out
his/her life in self-deception without submitting to the Creator and preparing for the
final return to Him. So, do not preoccupy yourselves with my death, but instead make
the proper preparations for your own.
Maintain patience and self-composure as the religion of Islam requires. Islam
permits relatives to mourn for no more than three days, although a widow is allowed
to mourn for four lunar months and ten days, until her iddah (period of waiting) is
completed. Wailing and excessive lamentation is forbidden by the Creator, and it
reflects only a lack of understanding and dissatisfaction with the Will of the Creator,
may He be exalted.
Finally, I ask all my relatives, friends, and all others—whether they choose to
believe as I believed or not—to honor my Constitutional right to these beliefs. I ask
them to honor this document which I have made, and not to try to obstruct it or
change it in any way.
Rather, let them see that I am buried as I have asked to be
buried and let my properties be divided as I wanted them to be divided.
