One third in Waṣiyyah after debts
Question:
Someone is diagnosed with Coronavirus and urgently requires advice. The one third bequest, is it in a person’s total assets at the point of demise or is it in his assets that remain after his debts and funeral costs are subtracted?
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم
Answer:
The one third is in what remains after the debts and funeral costs are subtracted. In reality, the remainder is his total assets.
قال الفخر الزيلعي في التبيين (٦/٢٣٠): ثم تنفذ وصيته من ثلث ما بقي بعد التجهيز والدين، انتهى. وقال الحصكفي في الدر المختار (٦/٧٦١): (من ثلث ما بقي) بعد تجهيزه وديونه، انتهى۔
Allah know best
Yusuf Shabbir
19 Shaʿbān 1441 / 13 April 2020
Approved by: Mufti Shabbir Ahmad and Mufti Muhammad Tahir