The ruling on one who bequeathed investment in something whose price was not reached
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Question:
I inform your eminence that my father passed away, and he bequeathed one-third of his wealth to be placed in a property that yields income, from which a sacrificial animal is to be offered, and the rest of the income is to be spent on acts of righteousness and good. I inform your eminence that one-third of his wealth is not sufficient to purchase a property, so I hope your eminence will clarify to us in what this money should be placed?
Answer:
If it is feasible to acquire a property, even a shared portion such as a share in a house in a building, or land that yields income from palm trees, buy with it, meaning a quarter of a palm grove, a third of a palm grove, half of a palm grove, or a known number of palm trees in a desirable location, so that you offer a sacrifice from it every year, and the rest is spent on acts of righteousness, distributed to the poor, the needy, the maintenance of mosques, the needs of mosques, and the like.
As for if it is a small amount and there is no way to invest it, this is to be spent in a beneficial direction, such as the maintenance of mosques and the like. And if you offer a sacrifice from it until it is exhausted, or if you place it with a person who trades in it, and a sacrifice is offered from its yield, and charity is given from its yield, if it is feasible to find among the good, trustworthy people someone who can do this, who trades in it, then gives charity from its yield and offers a sacrifice from its yield, there is no harm. But if it is not feasible to find someone to do this, and no one is found to trade in it, then it is to be placed in something like a mosque, so that the Muslims benefit from praying in it, and holding scholarly circles in it, and the like, if it is a small amount and there is no way to invest it.
I inform your eminence that my father passed away, and he bequeathed one-third of his wealth to be placed in a property that yields income, from which a sacrificial animal is to be offered, and the rest of the income is to be spent on acts of righteousness and good. I inform your eminence that one-third of his wealth is not sufficient to purchase a property, so I hope your eminence will clarify to us in what this money should be placed?
Answer:
If it is feasible to acquire a property, even a shared portion such as a share in a house in a building, or land that yields income from palm trees, buy with it, meaning a quarter of a palm grove, a third of a palm grove, half of a palm grove, or a known number of palm trees in a desirable location, so that you offer a sacrifice from it every year, and the rest is spent on acts of righteousness, distributed to the poor, the needy, the maintenance of mosques, the needs of mosques, and the like.
As for if it is a small amount and there is no way to invest it, this is to be spent in a beneficial direction, such as the maintenance of mosques and the like. And if you offer a sacrifice from it until it is exhausted, or if you place it with a person who trades in it, and a sacrifice is offered from its yield, and charity is given from its yield, if it is feasible to find among the good, trustworthy people someone who can do this, who trades in it, then gives charity from its yield and offers a sacrifice from its yield, there is no harm. But if it is not feasible to find someone to do this, and no one is found to trade in it, then it is to be placed in something like a mosque, so that the Muslims benefit from praying in it, and holding scholarly circles in it, and the like, if it is a small amount and there is no way to invest it.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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