If a person bequeaths one-third, is it better for his heirs to pay it out at once or to invest it and then give its increase in charity?
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The questioner : In the name of Allah.
May Allah reward you with good. In some matters, because we burden you with questions, for example, is the one-third paid out at once? For example, the gates of good, the one-third of the deceased.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And regarding the one-third for my mother and my father as well, they had a one-third of some livestock, and so on. Is it permissible for us to combine them with money?
The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with a person combining his father's one-third and his mother's one-third, and each is to be handled according to what he bequeathed. Allah grants His favor to whom He wills. As for whether it should be paid out at once or invested, he must consider the public benefit. Is it better to pay it out at once for the construction of a mosque in which he participates, or something similar, or is it better to invest it and give its increase in charity? He should look at the public benefit in that matter.
The questioner : Yes, that is so.
The Shaykh : One question.
May Allah reward you with good. In some matters, because we burden you with questions, for example, is the one-third paid out at once? For example, the gates of good, the one-third of the deceased.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And regarding the one-third for my mother and my father as well, they had a one-third of some livestock, and so on. Is it permissible for us to combine them with money?
The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with a person combining his father's one-third and his mother's one-third, and each is to be handled according to what he bequeathed. Allah grants His favor to whom He wills. As for whether it should be paid out at once or invested, he must consider the public benefit. Is it better to pay it out at once for the construction of a mosque in which he participates, or something similar, or is it better to invest it and give its increase in charity? He should look at the public benefit in that matter.
The questioner : Yes, that is so.
The Shaykh : One question.