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What is the authenticity of the hadith: "Whoever dies upon a will dies upon a path and a Sunnah, and dies upon piety and martyrdom, and dies forgiven"?

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The aforementioned hadith was narrated by Ibn Majah and graded as weak by Sheikh Al-Albani. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, encouraged making a will in several authentic hadiths, such as the hadith of Ibn 'Umar in the Two Sahihs, and the verse from Surat Al-Baqarah. Some scholars have used these as evidence for the obligation of making a will, while the majority of scholars hold the view that it is not obligatory.

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