The Intended Meaning of *Atiyyah* in the Rulings on Its Contradiction of a Bequest

The questioner:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said: “The *atiyyah* (gift) differs from a bequest in four rulings.” Is the intended meaning the *atiyyah* in the state of the disliked illness, i.e., the gift of the sick person?

The Shaykh:
No, the *atiyyah* in the state of a dangerous illness is not valid and is not executed. The intended meaning is the *atiyyah* in the state of health. The *atiyyah* of the healthy person, which is given in a state of health, is what is intended. As for the one given in a state of illness, it is not valid and has no standing. Yes.

The questioner:
Does this indicate the author’s statement in the second condition that the *atiyyah* is considered by its acceptance or rejection at the time of its existence, like the *atiyyah* of the healthy person? And he also said in the third condition that it resembles the gift of the healthy person?

The Shaykh:
The intended meaning is the *atiyyah* of the healthy person. As for the *atiyyah* of the person suffering from a dangerous illness, it has no standing and is not valid. Yes.