Leaving a Will: Fulfilling a Bequest for Qur’an Recitation When Execution Becomes Impossible

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Leaving a Will: Fulfilling a Bequest for Qur’an Recitation When Execution Becomes Impossible

English:

Question #1832:

Someone has instructed in his will that they pay a sum of his money to someone else to recite verses of the Noble Qur’an in the Eminent City of Najaf or he endowed a property for the same purpose. The executor of the will or the person in charge of the endowment cannot [for reasons beyond their control] send the money to Najaf to hire someone to do so. What should they do?

Answer #1832:

If it is feasible to spend the money for the recitation of the Noble Qur’an in the Eminent City of Najaf, albeit in the near future, it is obligatory to execute the will.

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