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سنن دارمي
Darimi
من كتاب الوصاياFrom the Book of Wills
باب إِذَا أَوْصَى الرَّجُلُ إِلَى الرَّجُلِ وَهُوَ غَائِبٌ:Chapter on a man appointing an executor who is absent
Hadith 3278
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا حَدَّثَنَا الْوَضَّاحُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ الْحَسَنِ، قَالَ: "إِذَا أَوْصَى الرَّجُلُ إِلَى الرَّجُلِ، فَعُرِضَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْوَصِيَّةُ، وَكَانَ غَائِبًا فَقَبِلَ، لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ".
Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) said: When a man makes a bequest for someone and that person is not present, then if the bequest is presented to him (the legatee) and he accepts it, the one who made the bequest no longer has the right to revoke it.
Brief Explanation
(Commentary on Ahadith 3274 to 3278)
The person to whom a bequest (wasiyyah) is made has the choice to accept or reject it. However, once he accepts it, then the one making the bequest (the testator) cannot retract it, because this would fall under the category of giving something and then taking it back, for which there is the Prophetic command: «اَلْعَائِدُ فِيْ هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَعُوْدُ فِيْ قَيْئِهِ. (وقانا اللّٰه منها)».
The person to whom a bequest (wasiyyah) is made has the choice to accept or reject it. However, once he accepts it, then the one making the bequest (the testator) cannot retract it, because this would fall under the category of giving something and then taking it back, for which there is the Prophetic command: «اَلْعَائِدُ فِيْ هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَعُوْدُ فِيْ قَيْئِهِ. (وقانا اللّٰه منها)».
