موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)
كتاب الرهونBook: On the Explanation of Pledges (Mortgages)
بَابُ الْأَمْرِ بِالْوَصِيَّةِCommand to Make a Will
Hadith 1468B2
قَالَ مَالِك : فَلَوْ كَانَ الْمُوصِي لَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَى تَغْيِيرِ وَصِيَّتِهِ، وَلَا مَا ذُكِرَ فِيهَا مِنَ الْعَتَاقَةِ، كَانَ كُلُّ مُوصٍ قَدْ حَبَسَ مَالَهُ الَّذِي أَوْصَى فِيهِ مِنَ الْعَتَاقَةِ وَغَيْرِهَا، وَقَدْ يُوصِي الرَّجُلُ فِي صِحَّتِهِ وَعِنْدَ سَفَرِهِ۔
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: If the testator were not able to change his bequest, then it would be necessary that the wealth of every person making a bequest would be taken out of his control and held back, whereas this is not the case. Sometimes a man makes a bequest while he is healthy, and sometimes when he is about to travel.
