Chapter on Endowments, Charity, and Gifts
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 127
وَ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ اَلْهَمَذَانِيِّ قَالَ: كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ مَيِّتٌ أَوْصَى بِأَنْ يُجْرَى عَلَى رَجُلٍ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْ ثُلُثِهِ وَ لَمْ يَأْمُرْ بِإِنْفَاذِ ثُلُثِهِ هَلْ لِلْوَصِيِّ أَنْ يُوقِفَ ثُلُثَ اَلْمَيِّتِ بِسَبَبِ اَلْإِجْرَاءِ، فَكَتَبَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ "يُنْفِذُ ثُلُثَهُ وَ لاَ يُوقِفُ".
Muhammad ibn Ahmad narrated from Umar ibn Ali ibn Umar from Ibrahim ibn Muhammad Al-Hamadhani, who said: I wrote to Imam عليه السلام regarding a deceased person who had willed that a portion of his estate from his one-third share be allocated to support a man for as long as he lived, but he did not explicitly instruct for the execution of his entire one-third share. Is it permissible for the executor to turn the deceased's one-third share into an endowment because of this ongoing support? Imam عليه السلام replied: "The one-third should be executed as instructed, but it should not be turned into an endowment."
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