Chapter on Appointing a Competent or an Incompetent Person as an Executor of a Bequest

Hadith.5486 - Muhammad bin Isa bin Ubaid narrated from his brother Ja'far bin Isa bin Ubaid, from Ali bin Yaqtin, who said: I asked Abu Al-Hasan (as) about a man who appointed a woman as his executor and included a child with her in the will. Imam (as) said: "This is permissible. The woman should carry out the will and does not need to wait for the child to reach maturity. However, when the child grows up, he has no right to object unless there has been an alteration or change in the will, in which case he has the right to restore it to what the deceased had originally intended."

Translation: Bab Ul Qaim Publications — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

Hadith.5487 - Muhammad bin Al-Hasan Al-Saffar, may Allah (swt) be pleased with him, wrote to Abu Muhammad Imam Hasan ibn Ali Al-Askari (as) about a man who made his children the executors of his will, among them adults who are mature and minors who are not mature yet. He asked if it was permissible for the adults to execute the will and settle their father's debts, proven against the deceased by trustworthy witnesses, before the minors reached maturity. Abu Muhammad (as) replied: "It is obligatory upon the adult children to settle their father's debts and not delay this obligation."

Translation: Bab Ul Qaim Publications — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.