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Bayhaqi 12594 — Bequeathing a specific item

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ، أنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بِشْرٍ، ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ الْقَاضِي، ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ، ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ الْفُقَهَاءِ الَّذِينَ يُنْتَهَى إِلَى قَوْلِهِمْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ، كَانُوا يَقُولُونَ: " مَنْ أَوْصَى أَنْ يُجْعَلَ ثُلُثُهُ فِي حَائِطٍ، ثُمَّ سُبِّلَ ذَلِكَ الْحَائِطُ حَيْثُ أَرَادَهُ، فَقَالَ وَرَثَتُهُ: لَا نُجِيزُ، إِنَّمَا لَهُ ثُلُثُ حَائِطِهِ، فَذَلِكَ جَائِزٌ عَلَيْهِمُ، الْمُوصِي يَضَعُ ثُلُثَهُ حَيْثُ أَحَبَّ مِنْ مَالِهِ بِقِيمَةِ الْعَدْلِ؛ إِنَّمَا الْحَائِطُ كَالرَّحْلِ أَوِ السَّيْفِ أَوِ الثَّوْبِ يُوصِي بِهِ لَيْسَ لِلْوَرَثَةِ أَنْ يَقُولَوا: إِنَّمَا لَهُ ثُلُثُ رَحْلِهِ وَسَيْفِهِ وَثَوْبِهِ ".
Ibn Abi al-Zinad narrates from his father, from the jurists of the people of Madinah whose opinion was the final word, that they used to say: Whoever bequeaths that his third be taken in the form of a garden, then that garden is endowed wherever he wished, and his heirs say: We do not permit this; he only has a right to a third of his garden, then the bequest is binding on them. The testator places his third wherever he likes from his wealth, at a fair value. The garden is just like a saddle, a sword or a garment that he bequeaths; the heirs have no right to say: He only has a right to a third of his saddle, his sword and his garment.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الوصايا / 12594
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