Changing a bequest after it has been written
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: The command came from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to write a bequest. He says: If I have written my bequest, does that mean I must change it every night and put it under my pillow?
Answer:
Yes, a bequest may be changed and one may retract it, unlike an executed endowment. An endowment is not changed if it has been executed. As for a bequest, a person may change it or cancel it; there is nothing wrong with that. Yes, and the bequest that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded is to bequeath what one owes to people in terms of their rights, and what one owes to people in terms of debts, so that rights are not lost. As for bequeathing a portion of wealth in the way of doing good, this is recommended, not obligatory.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: The command came from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to write a bequest. He says: If I have written my bequest, does that mean I must change it every night and put it under my pillow?
Answer:
Yes, a bequest may be changed and one may retract it, unlike an executed endowment. An endowment is not changed if it has been executed. As for a bequest, a person may change it or cancel it; there is nothing wrong with that. Yes, and the bequest that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded is to bequeath what one owes to people in terms of their rights, and what one owes to people in terms of debts, so that rights are not lost. As for bequeathing a portion of wealth in the way of doing good, this is recommended, not obligatory.
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية، العقيدة الواسطية 18-07-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (1:17:49)
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