Osama Bin Laden left a personal
fortune of around $29m (£21m) after his death in a raid in 2011, his will
shows.
The will is among a trove of
documents released to US media on Tuesday. It was seized in the US assault in
Abbotabad, Pakistan.
He urged his family to "obey my
will" and to spend his inheritance on "jihad, for the sake of
Allah".
In another letter, he urged his
father to take care of his wife and children in the event of his death.
That message made it clear that the
risk of being killed was present in his mind.
"If I am to be killed, pray for
me a lot and give continuous charities in my name, as I will be in great need
for support to reach the permanent home," he wrote.
Although Bin Laden referred to the
money as being in Sudan, it is not clear whether it was in the form of cash or
assets, or whether any of it made its way to his heirs.
He lived in Sudan for five years in
the 1990s as a guest of the Sudanese government.
In other letters, he gave his
assessment of the progress of the West's "war on terror" and the US
military campaign in Afghanistan.
"They thought that the war
would be easy and that they would accomplish their objectives in a few days or
a few weeks," he wrote.
"We need to be patient a bit
longer. With patience, there is victory!"
Bin Laden was killed by US special
forces in May 2011 in a raid on his compound in Abbotabad, Pakistan.
The group has since been led by
al-Qaeda's former second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri.
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