Power of Attorney: Ownership of Property Purchased Through a Deceased Intermediary

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Power of Attorney: Ownership of Property Purchased Through a Deceased Intermediary

English:

Question #1792:

I asked my brother to buy a telephone line for me. I gave him the first instalment which he paid to the department concerned. I paid further installments personally. My brother, in whose name the telephone line was registered, died. Have my brother’s heirs the right to claim the ownership of the telephone line?

Answer #1792:

If your brother bought it on your behalf with the money you gave him as the first instalment, it belongs to you and his heirs have no right in it. However, if the department gives it to the person who requested the telephone line and in whose name the telephone line was registered, you have no right in it but you may claim the money you paid.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Power of Attorney