My father bequeathed the construction of a water cooler for drinking water, but I opposed him and dug a well in his hometown?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: My father (may Allah have mercy on him) bequeathed the construction of a water cooler for drinking water in front of our house. However, I said that the cooler would only last a year or two and then break down. Therefore, I gave a sum of money to one of the Quran teachers so that they could dig a well in his country in India, so that the Muslims there could benefit from it. He informed me that after a period of time, he dug the well, and that the Muslims there have benefited from it. The question is: Did I carry out my father's bequest as it was intended, or not?
Answer:
No, you did not. Bequests are not changed, and endowments are not changed. If you want to benefit Muslims in any place, you give them from your own money. But your father's bequest and your father's endowment are not changed from what he said, not at all. As long as the benefit is valid, it remains. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: My father (may Allah have mercy on him) bequeathed the construction of a water cooler for drinking water in front of our house. However, I said that the cooler would only last a year or two and then break down. Therefore, I gave a sum of money to one of the Quran teachers so that they could dig a well in his country in India, so that the Muslims there could benefit from it. He informed me that after a period of time, he dug the well, and that the Muslims there have benefited from it. The question is: Did I carry out my father's bequest as it was intended, or not?
Answer:
No, you did not. Bequests are not changed, and endowments are not changed. If you want to benefit Muslims in any place, you give them from your own money. But your father's bequest and your father's endowment are not changed from what he said, not at all. As long as the benefit is valid, it remains. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2152- 4717] أوصى والدي بعمل برادة لشرب الماء فخالفته وحفرت بئرا في بلده؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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