I recently took my grandmother to an appointment with her lawyer so she could finalize her will. She’s even covering her funeral costs ahead of time because she doesn’t 'want to be a burden on the family when I die.'
That moment stuck with me.
Later, I came across Allah’s name Al-Warith—The Inheritor. And it got me thinking.
We talk a lot about what we send ahead—our good deeds, our prayers, the effort we make to prepare for the akhirah...
God Almighty is the Inheritor, who remains after all is gone. Imam Al-Ghazali, may God have mercy on him, states that God Almighty is the one to whom possessions return after the owner passes, as He is the One who remains, so everything returns to Him. God says in the Qur'an: 'The Day they come forth nothing concerning them will be concealed from God. To whom belongs [all] sovereignty this Day? To God, the One, the Prevailing.' (Qur’an, 40:16) Th...