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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Islamic Laws of Ayatullah Khui Orders Regarding Will (Wasiyyat) 2703. Will means that a person recommends that after his death such and such things should be done, or such and such thing out of his property will be the property of such and such person, or will be spent for charitable purposes, or he appoints someone as guardian of his children, or of those who are under his guardianship. The person to whom a Will is made is called executor (Wasi). 2704.

If a person, who cannot speak, makes himself understood by means of signs, he can make a Will for anything he likes; and even if a person who can speak, makes a Will by means of signs end makes himself understood, his Will is in order. 2705. If there is found a writing signed or sealed by a person who is now dead, and it indicates its purport and it is established that he wrote it for making a Will, it should be acted upon.

Rather, if it transpires that it was not his intention to make a Will and he had written certain things so that he might make a Will according to them later, it is not unlikely that it may be sufficient to be reckoned as a Will. 2706. A person who makes a Will should be sane and should make the Will with authority.

Making a Will by a ten year old child for his near relatives is permissible, and it is difficult that a prodigal may not be relied upon for the enforcement of his Will and the obligatory precaution is that action according to his Will should not be abandoned. 2707.

If a person who, for example, injures himself intention ally or takes a poison on account of which his death becomes certain or probable, and makes a Will that a part of his property should be put to some particular use, his Will is not in order. 2708.

If a person makes a Will that something out of his property will belong to someone else and if that person accepts the Will although his acceptance may take place during the lifetime of the testator that thing becomes his property after the death of the testator. Rather, what is apparent is that in fact his acceptance is not necessary, and only the rejection of the Will by him prevents his becoming the owner of that property. 2709.

When a person observes signs of death in himself he should return the things entrusted to him by others, or should send word to the owners to collect them. And in case he is indebted to others and the time for repayment of the debt has come, he should repay the debt.