Chapter on One Who Makes a Bequest Exceeding One-Third While His Heirs Are Present and Approve it, if They Can Revoke it After His Death
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 94
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 94
Chapter on One Who Makes a Bequest Exceeding One-Third While His Heirs Are Present and Approve it, if They Can Revoke it After His Death
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رَوَى حَمَّادُ بْنُ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي رَجُلٍ أَوْصَى بِوَصِيَّةٍ وَ وَرَثَتُهُ شُهُودٌ فَأَجَازُوا ذَلِكَ فَلَمَّا مَاتَ اَلرَّجُلُ نَقَضُوا اَلْوَصِيَّةَ هَلْ لَهُمْ أَنْ يَرُدُّوا مَا أَقَرُّوا بِهِ فَقَالَ "لَيْسَ لَهُمْ ذَلِكَ وَ اَلْوَصِيَّةُ جَائِزَةٌ عَلَيْهِمْ إِذَا أَقَرُّوا بِهَا فِي حَيَاتِهِ".
Hammad ibn ʿIsa narrated from Hariz from Muhammad ibn Muslim from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام regarding a man who made a will in the presence of his heirs, and they approved it. However, after the man's death, they attempted to revoke the will. Imam عليه السلام said: "They do not have the right to revoke it. The will remains binding upon them once they had approved it during his lifetime."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 341
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