Chapter on the Obligation of the Executor of the Executor in Fulfilling the Bequest

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 120

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 120

Chapter on the Obligation of the Executor of the Executor in Fulfilling the Bequest
1 Ḥadīth
Ḥadīth 5535

5535 - كَتَبَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ اَلْحَسَنِ اَلصَّفَّارُ رَضِيَ اَللَّهُ عَنْهُ إِلَى أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : رَجُلٌ كَانَ وَصِيَّ رَجُلٍ فَمَاتَ وَ أَوْصَى إِلَى رَجُلٍ آخَرَ هَلْ يَلْزَمُ اَلْوَصِيَّ وَصِيَّةُ اَلرَّجُلِ اَلَّذِي كَانَ هَذَا وَصِيَّهُ فَكَتَبَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ "يَلْزَمُهُ بِحَقِّهِ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ قِبَلَهُ حَقٌّ إِنْ شَاءَ اَللَّهُ".

Hadith.5535 - Muhammad ibn Al-Hasan Al-Saffar, may Allah (swt) be pleased with him, wrote to Abu Muhammad Imam Hasan ibn Ali Al-Askari (as), asking: "A man was the executor of another man's will, and then he died and appointed another man as his executor. Is the second executor obligated to fulfill the will of the man for whom the first executor was appointed?" Imam (as) wrote in response: "He is obligated by his right if there is a rightful claim upon him, if Allah (swt) wills."