إِنْ أَوْصَى رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَجُلٍ وَ هُوَ غَائِبٌ فَلَيْسَ لَهُ أَنْ يَرُدَّ وَصِيَّتَهُ وَ إِنْ أَوْصَى إِلَيْهِ وَ هُوَ بِالْبَلَدِ فَهُوَ بِالْخِيَارِ إِنْ شَاءَ قَبِلَ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ لَمْ يَقْبَلْ[2].
"If a man appoints someone as his executor while that person is absent, the appointed person does not have the right to reject the will. However, if he appoints him while he is present in the same town, then he has the choice to either accept or decline it."
إِذَا بُعِثَ بِهَا إِلَيْهِ مِنْ بَلَدٍ فَلَيْسَ لَهُ رَدُّهَا وَ إِنْ كَانَ فِي مِصْرٍ يُوجَدُ فِيهِ غَيْرُهُ فَذَاكَ إِلَيْهِ.
Hadith.5446 - Ribʿi narrated from Al-Fuḍayl ibn Yasar from Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) regarding a man who is appointed as an executor. Imam (as) said: "If the will is sent to him from another town, he does not have the right to reject it. However, if he is in a city where others are available, t
إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ع رَجُلٌ دَعَاهُ وَالِدُهُ إِلَى قَبُولِ وَصِيَّتِهِ هَلْ لَهُ أَنْ يَمْتَنِعَ مِنْ قَبُولِ وَصِيَّةِ وَالِدِهِ فَوَقَّعَ ع لَيْسَ لَهُ أَنْ يَمْتَنِعَ[3].
I wrote to Abu Al-Hasan (as) asking about a man whose father invited him to accept his will. Is it permissible for him to refuse accepting his father's will? Imam (as) replied: "He does not have the right to refuse."
أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع لَا يَخْذُلْهُ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْحَالِ[1].
Hadith.5448 - Muhammad ibn Abi Umayr narrated from Hisham ibn Salim from Abu Abdullah (as) regarding a man who is entrusted with a will by another man but dislikes accepting it. Abu Abdullah (as) said: "He should not abandon him in this situation."
وَ رَوَى عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ إِذَا أَوْصَى الرَّجُلُ إِلَى أَخِيهِ وَ هُوَ غَائِبٌ فَلَيْسَ لَهُ أَنْ يَرُدَّ وَصِيَّتَهُ لِأَنَّهُ لَوْ كَانَ شَاهِداً فَأَبَى أَنْ يَقْبَلَهَا طَلَبَ غَيْرَهُ.
"If a man appoints his brother as his executor while he is absent, he does not have the right to reject the will. This is because if he had been present and refused to accept it, the testator would have sought someone else."