Section: If he bequeaths a third of his wealth to an heir and a stranger, and says: 'If they reject the bequest of the heir, then the entire third belongs to the stranger.' [If they reject the bequest of the heir, the entire third belongs to the stranger], as he bequeathed. If they authorize the heir, the third is shared between them, because the bequest is contingent upon a condition. If he says: 'I have bequeathed a third of my wealth to so-and-so; if he dies before me, it is for so-and-so,' it is valid. If he says: 'I have bequeathed a third of my wealth to so-and-so; if the absent so-and-so arrives, it is for him,' it is valid. If the absent person arrives before the death of the testator, he becomes the beneficiary of the bequest, and the bequest to the first is void, whether he returns to absence or does not return, because the condition for the transfer of the bequest to him has been met, so it does not transfer away from him after that. If the testator dies before the arrival of the absent person, the bequest is for the present person, regardless of whether the absent person arrives after that or not. This is what the Qadi mentioned, because the bequest was established upon the fulfillment of its condition, so it is not transferred from him, just as if he had not arrived. It is possible that if the absent person arrives after the death, the bequest would be for him, because he designated it for him on the condition of his arrival, and that has been fulfilled.
Section: If he bequeaths to an heir, and some of the remaining heirs authorize the bequest while others do not, it is executed in the portion of whoever authorized it, and not in the portion of whoever did not. If they authorize part of the bequest and not the rest, it is executed in what they authorized and not in what they did not authorize. If some of them authorize part of the bequest and some authorize all of it, or reject it, then it is according to what they have done. If he left three sons and a slave, possessing nothing else, and he bequeathed it to one of them, or gifted it to him during his death-illness, and his two brothers authorized it for him, it is his. If only one of them authorized it for him, he receives two-thirds. If they authorized half of the slave for him, he has half, and they have half. If one of them authorized half of his share for him and the other rejected, he receives the full half; the third is his share, and the sixth is from the share of the one who authorized it. If each of them authorized half of his share for him, he completes two-thirds. If one of them authorized half of his share for him and the other authorized three-quarters of his share, he completes three-quarters of the slave. If he bequeathed the slave to two of them, the third [heir] may authorize it for them, or reject it for them, or authorize part of their bequest for them, as he wishes, equally or disproportionately,
(27) Omitted from: M. (28) In A: "to his heir."
فصل: وإن وَصَّى بِثُلُثِه لوارِثٍ وأجنَبِىٍّ، وقال: إن رَدُّوا وَصِيّةَ الوارِثِ فالثُّلُثُ كلُّه للأَجْنَبِىِّ. [فرَدُّوا وَصيَّةَ الوارِثِ، فالثُّلُثُ كلُّه للأجْنَبِىِّ] (٢٧)، كما وَصَّى. وإن أجازُوا للوَارِثِ، فالثُّلُثُ بينهما؛ لأنَّ الوَصِيّةَ تَتَعَلَّقُ بالشَّرْطِ. ولو قال: أوْصَيْتُ لفلانٍ بِثُلُثِى، فإن ماتَ قبلِى فهو لِفُلانٍ. صَحَّ. وإن قال: وَصَّيْتُ بِثُلُثِى لفلانٍ، فإن قَدِمَ فلانٌ الغائِبُ فهو له. صَحَّ، فإن قَدِمَ الغائِبُ قبلَ مَوْتِ المُوصِى، صارَ هو الوَصِىَّ، وبَطَلَتْ وَصِيَّةُ الأَوَّلِ، سواءٌ عادَ إلى الغَيْبةِ أو لم يَعُدْ؛ لأنَّه قد وُجِدَ شَرْطُ انْتِقالِ الوَصِيَّةِ إليه، فلم يَنْتَقِلْ عنه بعدَ ذلك. وإن ماتَ المُوصِى قبلَ قُدُومِ الغائِبِ، فالوَصِيَّةُ للحاضِرِ، سواءٌ قَدِمَ الغائِبُ بعدَ ذلك أو لم يَقْدَمْ. ذَكَرَه القاضي؛ لأنَّ الوَصِيَّةَ ثَبَتَتْ لِوُجُودِ شَرْطِها، فلم تُنْقَلْ عنه، كما لو لم يَقْدَمْ. ويَحْتَمِلُ أنَّ الغائِبَ إن قَدِمَ بعدَ المَوْتِ، كانت الوَصِيّةُ له؛ لأنَّه جَعَلَها له بِشَرْطِ قُدُومِه، وقد وُجِدَ ذلك.
فصل: وإن وَصَّى لوارِثٍ (٢٨)، فأجازَ بعضُ باقِى الوَرَثَةِ الوَصِيَّةَ دون البعضِ، نَفَذَ في نَصِيبِ مَن أجَازَ، دون مَنْ لم يُجِزْ. وإن أجازُوا بعضَ الوَصِيَّةِ دون بعضٍ، نَفَذَتْ فيما أجازُوا دون ما لم يُجِيزُوا. فإن أجازَ بعضُهم بعضَ الوَصِيَّةِ، وأجازَ بعضُهم جَميعها، أو رَدَّها، فهو على ما فَعَلُوا من ذلك. فلو خَلَّفَ ثَلَاثَةَ بَنِينَ وعَبْدًا، لا يَمْلِكُ غيرَه، فوَصَّى به لأحَدِهِم، أو وَهَبَه إيّاهُ في مَرَضِ مَوْتِه، وأجازَه له أخَواهُ، فهو له، وإن أجازَ له أحَدُهُما وحدَه، فله ثُلُثَاه، وإن أجازَا له نِصْفَ العَبْدِ، فله نِصْفُه، ولهما نِصْفُه، وإن أجازَ أحَدُهُما له نِصْفَ نصِيبِه، ورَدَّ الآخَرُ، فله النِّصْفُ كامِلًا؛ الثُّلُثُ نَصِيبُه، والسُّدُسُ من نَصِيبِ المُجِيزِ، وإن أجَازَ كلُّ واحدٍ منهما له نِصْفَ نَصِيبِه، كَمَلَ له الثُّلُثانِ، وإن أجازَ له أحَدُهُما نِصْفَ نصِيبِه، والآخَرُ ثَلَاثَةَ أرْباعِ نَصِيبه، كَمَلَ له ثَلَاثَةُ أرْباعِ العَبْدِ. وإن وَصَّى بالعَبْدِ لِاثْنَيْنِ منهما، فلِلثّالِثِ أن يُجِيزَ لهما، أو يَرُدَّ عليهما، أو يُجِيزَ لهما بعضَ وَصِيَّتِهِما، إن شاءَ مُتَسَاوِيًا، وإن شاءَ مُتَفَاضِلًا،
(٢٧) سقط من: م.(٢٨) في أ: "لوارثه".