Chapter on Appointing a Competent or an Incompetent Person as an Executor of a Bequest
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 103
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 103
Chapter on Appointing a Competent or an Incompetent Person as an Executor of a Bequest
2 hadiths
رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَقْطِينٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا اَلْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَوْصَى إِلَى اِمْرَأَةٍ وَ أَشْرَكَ فِي اَلْوَصِيَّةِ مَعَهَا صَبِيّاً فَقَالَ "يَجُوزُ ذَلِكَ وَ تُمْضِي اَلْمَرْأَةُ اَلْوَصِيَّةَ وَ لاَ تَنْتَظِرُ بُلُوغَ اَلصَّبِيِّ فَإِذَا بَلَغَ اَلصَّبِيُّ فَلَيْسَ لَهُ أَنْ لاَ يَرْضَى إِلاَّ مَا كَانَ مِنْ تَبْدِيلٍ أَوْ تَغْيِيرٍ فَإِنَّ لَهُ أَنْ يَرُدَّهُ إِلَى مَا أَوْصَى بِهِ اَلْمَيِّتُ".
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 عليه السلام about a man who appointed a woman as his executor and included a child with her in the will. Imam عليه السلام 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."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh
وَ كَتَبَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ اَلْحَسَنِ اَلصَّفَّارُ رَضِيَ اَللَّهُ عَنْهُ إِلَى أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: رَجُلٌ أَوْصَى إِلَى وَلَدِهِ وَ فِيهِمْ كِبَارٌ قَدْ أَدْرَكُوا وَ فِيهِمْ صِغَارٌ أَ يَجُوزُ لِلْكِبَارِ أَنْ يُنْفِذُوا اَلْوَصِيَّةَ وَ يَقْضُوا دَيْنَهُ لِمَنْ صَحَّحَ عَلَى اَلْمَيِّتِ بِشُهُودٍ عُدُولٍ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُدْرِكَ اَلصِّغَارُ فَوَقَّعَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ "عَلَى اَلْأَكَابِرِ مِنَ اَلْوُلْدِ أَنْ يَقْضُوا دَيْنَ أَبِيهِمْ وَ لاَ يَحْبِسُوهُ بِذَلِكَ".
Muhammad bin Al-Hasan Al-Saffar, may Allah سبحانه وتعالى be pleased with him, wrote to Abu Muhammad Imam Hasan ibn Ali Al-Askari عليه السلام 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 عليه السلام replied: "It is obligatory upon the adult children to settle their father's debts and not delay this obligation."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 342