The Qur'anic verse goes: "(It is prescribed when death approaches any of you), if he leaves any goods, that he may bequest to parents and next to kin." The bequest was made in this way until the verse of inheritance repealed it.
Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 2869 In-book : Book 18, Hadith 8 English translation : Book 17, Hadith 2863
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