A man bequeathed that two thousand pounds be given in charity from his wealth: one thousand to be given in charity on his behalf, and one thousand to be given in charity on behalf of his wife.
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The questioner : A man... from the courtyard of the house, two thousand pounds. So, of these two thousand pounds, one thousand is for me and one thousand for my wife... they found seven hundred pounds with him... Are the seven hundred pounds to be deducted from the two thousand pounds or not?
The Shaykh : You mean he made a will, meaning he wrote a will, and then he passed away?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : That it?
The questioner : He has two thousand pounds in real estate.
The Shaykh : He has two thousand pounds in real estate?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Whose real estate is it?
The questioner : It is in his ownership.
The Shaykh : It is his, but he bequeathed two thousand from the price of the real estate: one thousand for him.
The questioner : And one thousand for his wife.
The Shaykh : One thousand for him means that they give charity on his soul after his death.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : And they spend it on it.
The questioner : Yes, they found seven hundred pounds in his pocket.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So, they found these seven hundred pounds in it...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So, are they considered part of the bequeathed amount?
The Shaykh : No, this is the right of the heirs. Yes, he bequeathed the two thousand you are saying.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : If we consider these for him, it means it becomes two thousand and seven hundred.
The questioner : These two thousand that he bequeathed... what is their value?
The Shaykh : As the recipient of the bequest sees fit, from what is prescribed, of course, they give charity with it, they build a public utility for him, they build for him anything whose reward returns to the bequeather.
The questioner : Meaning, it is permissible for them to buy sheep and cattle with it, slaughter them, and distribute them to the poor.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is permissible.
The questioner : The seven hundred pounds they found in it...?
The Shaykh : These seven hundred are a matter of subtraction and addition: seven hundred from his thousand, leaving him three hundred. These three hundred...
The questioner : Are counted from his thousand... the seven hundred.
The Shaykh : This is what we are discussing, my brother; did he not bequeath two thousand?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So, we need to count these seven hundred for him, making it two thousand and seven hundred.
The questioner : These... and they also ate from it.
The Shaykh : Ah, and in what name did they eat?
The questioner : In the name of giving this to the poor.
The Shaykh : The poor eat, but what do they eat?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : It is not permissible for them to eat.
Another questioner: Of course... .
The questioner : Meaning, it implies...
The Shaykh: No...
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : .
Yes.
The Shaykh : You mean he made a will, meaning he wrote a will, and then he passed away?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : That it?
The questioner : He has two thousand pounds in real estate.
The Shaykh : He has two thousand pounds in real estate?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Whose real estate is it?
The questioner : It is in his ownership.
The Shaykh : It is his, but he bequeathed two thousand from the price of the real estate: one thousand for him.
The questioner : And one thousand for his wife.
The Shaykh : One thousand for him means that they give charity on his soul after his death.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : And they spend it on it.
The questioner : Yes, they found seven hundred pounds in his pocket.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So, they found these seven hundred pounds in it...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So, are they considered part of the bequeathed amount?
The Shaykh : No, this is the right of the heirs. Yes, he bequeathed the two thousand you are saying.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : If we consider these for him, it means it becomes two thousand and seven hundred.
The questioner : These two thousand that he bequeathed... what is their value?
The Shaykh : As the recipient of the bequest sees fit, from what is prescribed, of course, they give charity with it, they build a public utility for him, they build for him anything whose reward returns to the bequeather.
The questioner : Meaning, it is permissible for them to buy sheep and cattle with it, slaughter them, and distribute them to the poor.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is permissible.
The questioner : The seven hundred pounds they found in it...?
The Shaykh : These seven hundred are a matter of subtraction and addition: seven hundred from his thousand, leaving him three hundred. These three hundred...
The questioner : Are counted from his thousand... the seven hundred.
The Shaykh : This is what we are discussing, my brother; did he not bequeath two thousand?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So, we need to count these seven hundred for him, making it two thousand and seven hundred.
The questioner : These... and they also ate from it.
The Shaykh : Ah, and in what name did they eat?
The questioner : In the name of giving this to the poor.
The Shaykh : The poor eat, but what do they eat?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : It is not permissible for them to eat.
Another questioner: Of course... .
The questioner : Meaning, it implies...
The Shaykh: No...
The questioner : ...
There is no bequest for an heir
لا وصية لوارثThe Shaykh :
There is no bequest for an heir
لا وصية لوارثYes.
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