Is Fadi religiously entitled to claim his right from Muhammad's will and have it disbursed immediately, before the inventory of the estate is complete?
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The legatee must wait for the estate to be inventoried so that the executor can ascertain whether the testator had any debts, as debts are settled before bequests. Ibn Al-Zubayr, for instance, delayed the distribution of his father’s estate for four years to ensure there were no outstanding debts. However, if there is no impediment and no fear of a debt emerging, and the bequest is a specific percentage of a particular type of the deceased’s property, then the legatee has the right to claim it, especially if the distribution of the estate is expected to be significantly delayed.
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