Chapter on the Liability of the Executor for Altering What the Deceased Had Bequeathed
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 101
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 101
Chapter on the Liability of the Executor for Altering What the Deceased Had Bequeathed
وَ رَوَى اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَارِدٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَوْصَى إِلَى رَجُلٍ وَ أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يُعْتِقَ عَنْهُ نَسَمَةً بِسِتِّمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ مِنْ ثُلُثِهِ فَانْطَلَقَ اَلْوَصِيُّ فَأَعْطَى اَلسِّتَّمِائَةِ رَجُلاً يَحُجُّ بِهَا عَنْهُ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ "أَرَى أَنْ يَغْرَمَ اَلْوَصِيُّ سِتَّمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ مِنْ مَالِهِ وَ يَجْعَلَهَا فِيمَا أَوْصَى بِهِ اَلْمَيِّتُ فِي نَسَمَةٍ ".
Al-Hasan bin Mahbub narrated from Muhammad bin Marid who said: I asked Abu Abdullah عليه السلام about a man who made a will to another man, instructing him to free a soul (a slave) for six hundred dirhams from his one-third share of the inheritance. However, the executor instead gave the six hundred dirhams to a man to perform Hajj on behalf of the deceased. Abu Abdullah عليه السلام said: "I believe the executor must personally pay six hundred dirhams from his own wealth and fulfill what the deceased had willed by freeing a soul."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 342