The Case of one who Makes a Bequest for an Adult with whom a Child must Share

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The Will and What it Must Consist of5 Executing the Will as it Requires5 Another Chapter2 Another Chapter2 A Will for Setting free Slaves, Charity or al-Hajj18 The Executor of the Will must Correct the Possible Violation of the Law in the Will2 An Executor of the Will is held Responsible for Changing a Lawful Will3 Al-Mudabbar (the Slave for whose Freedom Death of the Master is a Condition) is from One Third of the Legacy4 First the Shroud, then Debts, then Will is paid for from the Legacy3 The Will and Debts7 One Who Sets Free a Slave and He is Indebted3 The Witness for the Will7

alkafi-13214Vol. 7, p. 46

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَوْصَى إِلَى امْرَأَةٍ فَأَشْرَكَ فِي الْوَصِيَّةِ مَعَهَا صَبِيّاً فَقَالَ يَجُوزُ ذَلِكَ وَ تُمْضِي الْمَرْأَةُ الْوَصِيَّةَ وَ لَا يُنْتَظَرُ بُلُوغُ الصَّبِيِّ فَإِذَا بَلَغَ الصَّبِيُّ فَلَيْسَ لَهُ أَنْ لَا يَرْضَى إِلَّا مَا كَانَ مِنْ تَبْدِيلٍ أَوْ تَغْيِيرٍ فَإِنَّ لَهُ أَنْ يَرُدَّهُ إِلَى مَا أَوْصَى بِهِ الْمَيِّتُ.

“I once asked abu al-Hassan (a.s.), about the case of a man who makes a bequest for a woman to share it with a child. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is permissible. The woman can execute the will and she does not have to wait until the child becomes mature. The child upon maturity cannot disagree unless the will is changed or

alkafi-13215Vol. 7, p. 46

رَجُلٌ أَوْصَى إِلَى وُلْدِهِ وَ فِيهِمْ كِبَارٌ قَدْ أَدْرَكُوا وَ فِيهِمْ صِغَارٌ أَ يَجُوزُ لِلْكِبَارِ أَنْ يُنْفِذُوا وَصِيَّتَهُ وَ يَقْضُوا دَيْنَهُ لِمَنْ صَحَّ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ بِشُهُودٍ عُدُولٍ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُدْرِكَ الْأَوْصِيَاءُ الصِّغَارُ فَوَقَّعَ ع نَعَمْ عَلَى الْأَكَابِرِ مِنَ الْوِلْدَانِ أَنْ يَقْضُوا دَيْنَ أَبِيهِمْ وَ لَا يَحْبِسُوهُ بِذَلِكَ‌[1].

‘The adult children must pay the debts of their father and they must not allow him to remain imprisoned thereby (the debts).”’

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