Selling the bequeathed sheep and using their value to build a mosque
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner asks about a bequest and says: I have a bequest from my father, which consists of a large number of sheep. He bequeathed that they be spent on sacrificial animals. He says: I am now old and advanced in age, and I fear that if I die, my sons will not be able to dispose of them properly or take care of them. His question is: Is it permissible for me now to sell these sheep that my father left as a bequest, and use their value to build a mosque? Or should I bequeath them to my sons as my father bequeathed them?
Answer:
This is a matter for the judge to review from the court regarding this bequest and how it is to be executed. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner asks about a bequest and says: I have a bequest from my father, which consists of a large number of sheep. He bequeathed that they be spent on sacrificial animals. He says: I am now old and advanced in age, and I fear that if I die, my sons will not be able to dispose of them properly or take care of them. His question is: Is it permissible for me now to sell these sheep that my father left as a bequest, and use their value to build a mosque? Or should I bequeath them to my sons as my father bequeathed them?
Answer:
This is a matter for the judge to review from the court regarding this bequest and how it is to be executed. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 28-12-1434هـ — af.org.sa (1:14:23)
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