(Part 4 and Final)
The Will (Al-wasiyya) The Executor of a will Executor of the will (Al-wasi Al- mukhtar) the executor (al-wasi) of the will is the manager of the estate appointed by the testator. the executor has to carry out the wishes of the testator according to Islamic law, to watch the interests of the children and of the estate. The authority of the executor should be specified. Hanafi and Maliki fiqh state that the executor should be trustworthy and truthful; the Shafii fiqh state that the executor must be just. the Hanafi fiqh considers the appointment of a non-Muslim executor to be valid. the testator may appoint more than one executor, male or female. the testator should state if each executor can act independently of the other executor(s). if one starts acting as an executor, one will be regarded as having accepted the appointment, both in Islamic and in English law. Retrieved from Islam101, By: Dr. Abid Hussain R.M. Quarels, LDA R.M.Quarels Legal Form Help legal document preparation service Tel: (323) 900-9837 Email: [email protected] http://legalformhelp.weebly.com R.M. Quarels Legal Form Assistance is a non-attorney alternative for typing your legal documents. We are not attorneys and cannot provide you with legal advice, select forms, nor represent you in court.
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