Guide to hadith on the obligation to write a will (Sahih al-Bukhari 2738, Sahih Muslim 1627)

Text: 'It is not permissible for any Muslim who has something to bequeath to stay for two nights without having his Last Will and Testament written and kept ready with him.' (مَا حَقُّ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ لَهُ شَيْءٌ يُوصِي فِيهِ يَبِيتُ لَيْلَتَيْنِ إِلَّا وَوَصِيَّتُهُ مَكْتُوبَةٌ عِنْدَهُ). Classical and contemporary scholars apply this hadith with particular force before major travel (e.g., before Hajj) and at any life-stage transition (marriage, having a child, acquiring property). For Muslim Canadians, the hadith is especially significant because dying intestate in Canada produces distributions that do not match Faraid — making the will not merely religiously preferable but a practical necessity to preserve Quranic shares.