Renewing the bequest and clarifying the debt therein
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The questioner:
Renewing a bequest: Is it obligatory to renew the bequest every period?
The Shaykh:
If he has returned from it, there is no need to renew it; but if he is changing it, he renews it.
The questioner:
Yes, the situation has changed from one state to another.
The Shaykh:
The debt is not clarified. If it is less than what the people know, it is clarified so that the heirs do not demand it from him. It is clarified that it reached such-and-such, that it reached so much with so-and-so, and that it is known that so-and-so has paid it off. The heirs do not demand it; it is clarified against him.
Renewing a bequest: Is it obligatory to renew the bequest every period?
The Shaykh:
If he has returned from it, there is no need to renew it; but if he is changing it, he renews it.
The questioner:
Yes, the situation has changed from one state to another.
The Shaykh:
The debt is not clarified. If it is less than what the people know, it is clarified so that the heirs do not demand it from him. It is clarified that it reached such-and-such, that it reached so much with so-and-so, and that it is known that so-and-so has paid it off. The heirs do not demand it; it is clarified against him.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام [ ابن باز ] [ الشرح الجديد ]، باب الوصايا — islamhouse.com (7:08)
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