مسائل المنتخبه (Articles Of Islamic Acts) - الخوئي، السيد أبوالقاسم - الصفحة ٥٧٤ - ORDERS REGARDING WILL (WASIYYAT)
signs end makes himself understood, his Will is in order.
٢٧٠٥. 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 aWill, 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
accordingto them later, it is not unlikely that it may be sufficient to
be reckoned as a Will.
٢٧٠٦. 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
beabandoned.
٢٧٠٧. 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 Willthat a part of his property
should be put to some particular use, his Will is not in order.
٢٧٠٨. 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 takeplace 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 notnecessary, and only the rejection of the Will by him
prevents his becoming the owner of that property.
٢٧٠٩. 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. And in case he is not in a position to repay the
debt, or thetime for its repayment has not yet come, he should make a
Will in the presence of witnesses for its repayment. In case, however,
the particulars of his debt