What is the ruling on the action of the grandmother who sold a portion of her gold to place in the mosque and distributed the remainder to the women of the household, and bequeathed seven qirats of her agricultural land as an inheritance to her full brothers, excluding the gold, knowing that she passed away thereafter?

If the grandmother's illness was life-threatening, then her directive to sell gold and donate its price, and to gift some of it and some qirats to her sisters, takes the ruling of a bequest (wasiyya). This bequest is not effective except within the limits of one-third of the estate and for a non-heir. If there are heirs among women and brothers, then they (the sisters) receive nothing unless the adult, sane heirs consent. If what she bequeathed exceeds one-third, then only one-third is spent according to her directive. Matters of inheritance must be referred to the Sharia courts for precise investigation.