The Department of Islamic Affairs and charitable activities in Dubai organized on Tuesday morning the “wills forum” under the title “wills and their impact on communities” at the headquarters of the Department of Islamic Affairs and charitable work in Dubai in Al Mamzar area, and remotely, with the participation of a number of scholars, researchers and specialists in Islamic jurisprudence from inside and outside the country .
The forum sessions, which included five scientific sessions, were held in the presence of H. E. Ahmed Darwish Al Muhairi, Director General of the Department of Islamic Affairs and charitable Activities in Dubai, Executive Directors, Dr. Hamad Ahmed Al Shaibani, former director general of the department as a guest of honor, and some legal figures from outside the Department.
The organization of the forum began with the recitation of the Holy Quran and then an introductory film on the subjects of Wills was shown, where the forum discusses a very important topic, which is the bequest of a person with a part of his money to those he determines from people or entities, so that his will be a link to his relatives and kin, and a contribution to the development of his community and ongoing charity in the balance of his good deeds.
Then a speech was delivered by His Excellency Sheikh Abdullah bin Bayh, chairman of the Emirates Council for Sharia fatwa, in which he thanked the organizers of the forum and the efforts of the Department of Islamic Affairs and charitable Activities in Dubai, for the advancement of jurisprudence, especially today’s topic, which is the Sharia commandment from one person to another, as it is one of the commandments and Shari’a of Allah Almighty to believers, and ordered and urged them to achieve social solidarity between relatives and the dead for the benefit of the whole society .
Professor Dr. Qutb Mustafa Sano, Secretary General of the Islamic Fiqh complex, delivered his speech on the topic of wills, as it is one of the topics discussed in the sessions of the Islamic Fiqh complex, and the importance of this rite in the Islamic religion, as he made its resources and identified its aspects of disbursement, and the Secretary General of the Islamic Fiqh complex praised the holding of this forum, which in it.
During his speech, H. E. Ahmed Darwish Al Muhairi, Director General of the department, thanked the scholars, attendees and participants of the forum for addressing the subject of the commandment, noting that it is one of the important things in religion, because it benefits one when meeting with the Lord of the worlds.
Al Muhairi explained that the Department of Islamic Affairs and charitable work in Dubai is concerned with drawing up the general policy of Islamic Affairs and charitable Activities in the emirate of Dubai, and religious awareness and scientific research related to religious matters that are critical to the needs of society, so the department decided to introduce the Will and establish this forum to discuss the Will and its Sharia provisions, because of the impact of the will on the development of money and its permanence between generations.
The first session of the forum was entitled (The rule of wills and their limits legally), the second was entitled ( types of wills–Wills from a legal point of view), the third was entitled( doctrinal developments in the section of wills ) and the fourth was entitled ( The creation, documentation, implementation and role of wills in societies, while the fifth and final session dealt with the impact of uterine Wills on the survival of kin ties, and models of historical wills in Dubai and the country study and analysis .
The Will is part of a set of great legislations in Islam that relate to the use of money and the rights due to it, such as zakat, public alms, Waqf, inheritance.
The forum aims to study the latest developments related to Sharia Commandments and ways to address them, and to revive the year of Commandments among people, so that a person can make up for the good he has missed at the end of his life.