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Remuneration For Executor

Question: A man appoints a Muslim attorney as an executor of his estate after his demise. Is it permissible for the attorney to charge the estate for his services?

Answer: If the heirs opt to use the  services of the Muslim attorney, it will be permissible for him to charge them. They will pay him for the work he does and not obliged to pay him a percentage of the gross value of the estate. 

ولا يخفى ان وصى الميت اذا امتنع عن القيام بالوصية الا بأجر لا يجبر على العمل لانه متبرع ولا جبر على المتبرع 

وفى الخانية ؛ اوصى الى رجل واستأجره بماءة درهم لانفاذ وصيته ؛ قالوا لا يكون إجارة لانه انما يصير وصيا بعد الموت والإجارة تبطل به [ فتاوى الشىامى ج٦ص٧١٣]

وليس للوصي ان يؤاجر نفسه من اليتيم ( الفتاوى الهندية ج٦ ص ١٤٨)

And Allah Knows Best

Yusuf Moosagie 

Lost And Found

Question: If I see an item on the floor in a shopping mall, do I have to pick it up? 

Answer: Under general circumstance, you are not obliged to pick up the item. However, if it is a valuable item and you fear that if you do not pick it up, someone else will pick it up and not return it to it’s owner, then it becomes necessary for you to pick it up. 

Once you’ve picked up the item, you are now responsible to search for it’s owner.  The item will now be an Amanah (trust) in your care. You have to announce the lost item in public places for a period of time i.e. as long as your overpowering thoughts are the owner will search for that item. 

After searching extensively for the owner and advertising it properly for the mentioned period of time, and nobody comes to collect it, then you will give the item away in charity to the poor. If you are yourself a poor person you can keep it for yourself. 

N.B. If the shopping mall has a system of returning lost items to its owners’ you can hand it to the management of the mall who will then become responsible for it. 

هي رفع ضائِع للحفظ على غير لا للتمليك ، ندب رفعها لصاحبها ، ووجب عند خوف ضياعها [ فتاوى الشىامي ج٤ ص٢٧٦]

And Allah Knows Best

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Traces of Impurities Remain

Question: What is the ruling when visible dirt has been removed but it’s traces remain?

Answer: When the body of the impurity has been removed, then the traces which are difficult to remove such a smell and colour do not matter. 

وتطهير  النجاسة التي يجب غسلها على وجهين ؛ فما كان له عين مرءية فطهارتها زواله عينها الا ان يبقى من اثره ما يشق ازالتها ، وما ليس له عين مرءية فطهارتها ان يغسل حتى يغلب على ظن الغاسل انه طهر [ القدوري ٦٩]

And Allah Knows Best

Yusuf Moosagie 

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