Clarification that the one to whom the bequest is made is a pillar of the bequest
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Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, may Allah reward you. It is difficult for me to say that the beneficiary is a pillar, when a bequest can be completed without the beneficiary.
Answer:
It is not completed, my brother, without the beneficiary. If it were completed, the distribution would not be necessary. It is necessary to specify the beneficiary from among those who are to receive it. Yes, it is necessary to specify this.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh
Your Eminence the Shaykh, may Allah reward you. It is difficult for me to say that the beneficiary is a pillar, when a bequest can be completed without the beneficiary.
Answer:
It is not completed, my brother, without the beneficiary. If it were completed, the distribution would not be necessary. It is necessary to specify the beneficiary from among those who are to receive it. Yes, it is necessary to specify this.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/106 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (24:25)
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