180 Preface كُتِبَ عَلَيكُم إِذا حَضَرَ أَحَدَكُمُ المَوتُ إِن تَرَكَ خَيرًا الوَصِيَّةُ لِلوالِدَينِ وَالأَقرَبينَ بِالمَعروفِ ۖ حَقًّا عَلَى المُتَّقينَYusuf AliIt is prescribed, when death approaches any of you, if he leave any goods that he make a bequest to parents and next of kin1, according to reasonable usage; this is due from the God.fearing.There are rules of course for the disposal of intestate property. But it is a good thing that a dying man or woman should, of his own free will, think of his parents and his next of kin, not in a spirit of injustice to others, but in a spirit of love and reverence for those who have cherished him. He must, however, do it “according to reasonable usage”: the limitations will be seen further on.