Leaving a Will: Fulfilling a Martyr’s Bequest When Its Original Purpose No Longer Exists

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Leaving a Will: Fulfilling a Martyr’s Bequest When Its Original Purpose No Longer Exists

English:

Question #1813:

Before their martyrdom, some soldiers directed in their wills that one third of their estate should be spent bolstering the defenses [of the Islamic Republic]. And since the purpose behind such work has ended, how should one go about dealing with such a provision?

Answer #1813:

Assuming that the purpose could no longer be served by the provision in the will, the money earmarked for the goal should revert to the inheritors. However it is, as a matter of caution, better spent in charitable work with their permission.

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