The Ruling on a Bequest Changed During the Illness of Death
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Question:
May Allah command you to obedience and benefit people through you and guidance. Amen. I have two questions, Shaykh, may Allah reward you. The first question, O long-lived one: Our father, may Allah have mercy on him, lost his balance in the last days of his life. May Allah place him in Paradise. His sons and daughters sought to have him declared legally incompetent. He had previously made a bequest appointing one of his sons as the executor, and this was done while he was of sound mind and intellect. Then the devils of the Indian lawyers took hold of him, corrupted his direction, and took control of him. He began closing the door against his sons, not knowing when they entered or who was present. Two weeks before his death, he changed the bequest. He changed his bequest to one of his sons who had been taken over by the lawyer, and he canceled the previous bequest. He was running around in the hospital, on his deathbed in one of the private hospitals in Riyadh. His heart stopped, and they gave him an electric shock. This son did not inform any of his brothers or sisters, or anyone in the entire family. He stayed in the hospital for a full year. And the question, my brother, the question is: Is this bequest to this son permissible?
Answer:
My brother, this bequest is presented to the judge; the court is reviewed, and the judge is asked, and he looks into it to see if it is valid or not valid? Yes.
May Allah command you to obedience and benefit people through you and guidance. Amen. I have two questions, Shaykh, may Allah reward you. The first question, O long-lived one: Our father, may Allah have mercy on him, lost his balance in the last days of his life. May Allah place him in Paradise. His sons and daughters sought to have him declared legally incompetent. He had previously made a bequest appointing one of his sons as the executor, and this was done while he was of sound mind and intellect. Then the devils of the Indian lawyers took hold of him, corrupted his direction, and took control of him. He began closing the door against his sons, not knowing when they entered or who was present. Two weeks before his death, he changed the bequest. He changed his bequest to one of his sons who had been taken over by the lawyer, and he canceled the previous bequest. He was running around in the hospital, on his deathbed in one of the private hospitals in Riyadh. His heart stopped, and they gave him an electric shock. This son did not inform any of his brothers or sisters, or anyone in the entire family. He stayed in the hospital for a full year. And the question, my brother, the question is: Is this bequest to this son permissible?
Answer:
My brother, this bequest is presented to the judge; the court is reviewed, and the judge is asked, and he looks into it to see if it is valid or not valid? Yes.
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 01 / فتاوى على الهواء - 10 01 1435هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (35:10)
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