Leaving a Will: Appointing a Non-Heir as Executor and Others’ Right to Object

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Leaving a Will: Appointing a Non-Heir as Executor and Others’ Right to Object

English:

Question #1846:

Is it permissible for the testator to appoint an executor who is not among his immediate inheritors? Has anybody the right to object to that?

Answer #1846:

Choosing and appointing an executor whom the testator thinks fit for the job is the latter’s prerogative alone. The appointee should not necessarily be among his heirs. The heirs should have no right to object to that.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Leaving a Will