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Summary
Yahya said: I heard Malik say: the agreed practice among us is that the weak-minded, the foolish and the afflicted one who recovers at times, their bequests are valid, if they have enough of their reason to know what they bequeath. As for the one who does not have enough of his reason to know what he bequeaths, and whose reason is overcome, he has no bequest. 1
Place in the museum
Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Bequests. Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi, Malik ibn Anas. Built on in the chapters on bequest (wasiyya).
Connections
- Part of
- Muwatta, Book of Bequests (wasiyya)
- Mentions
- Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi· Malik ibn Anas
- Basis for
- bequest (wasiyya)
People and things also explored
Muwatta 2217· Muwatta 2220· Muwatta 2222· Muwatta 2224· Muwatta 2230· Muwatta 2231· Muwatta 2232· Muwatta 2237
Sources
- Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf) , p.311
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islam.museum contributors. “Muwatta 2218”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/muwatta-23-2218/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.