{"id":1505,"date":"2019-06-25T19:42:15","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T17:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themufti.com\/?p=1505"},"modified":"2019-06-25T19:42:17","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T17:42:17","slug":"if-a-person-has-been-nominated-as-an-executor-of-an-estate-is-it-compulsory-to-accept-the-nomination-as-an-executor-of-an-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/?p=1505","title":{"rendered":"If a person has been nominated as an executor of an estate, is it compulsory to accept the nomination as an executor of an estate?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>If a person has been nominated as an executor of an estate, is it compulsory to accept the nomination as an executor of an estate? <\/strong><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Q. If a person has been nominated as an executor of an estate, is it compulsory to accept the nomination as an executor of an estate? What happens if a person was not aware of being nominated as an executor of an estate? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A.<\/strong> In terms of Shariah, accepting the nomination and appointment of executorship is subject to the approval of a person being nominated as an executor of an estate. Hence, if a person has been nominated as an executor of an estate <strong>with<\/strong> his\/her approval and consent, it would be the duty of such a person to accept the appointment of executorship and wound up the estate according to the Islamic Law of Succession and Inheritance.<\/p>\n<p>On the contrary, if a person has been nominated as an executor of an estate <strong>without<\/strong> his\/her approval or consent, they he\/she will not be duty-bound to accept the appointment of executorship. They will have the option to accept or reject the appointment of executorship. <strong>(Al-Bahrur-Raa\u2019iq 8\/521)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Allah Ta\u2019ala Knows Best<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mufti Ismaeel Bassa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>themufti.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If a person has been nominated as an executor of an estate, is it compulsory to accept the nomination as an executor of an estate? Q.<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mirath"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1506,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1505\/revisions\/1506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}