Ruling on Delaying the Execution of a Bequest and the Division of Inheritance Until Real Estate Prices Rise

The questioner: My father passed away and left behind a property, and he bequeathed one-third of it. Should the heirs proceed with the division and the execution of the one-third, or should they delay it because the price of the property might rise?The Shaykh: No, if he bequeathed one-third of his wealth, it is obligatory to appraise what he left behind from the time of his death, and it is not permissible to delay. Their delaying in the hope that real estate prices will rise is an error; because a person may think that real estate prices will increase, but then they decrease. Therefore, it is obligatory to inventory the estate from the time of death so that it is known what is subject to the bequest.