Chapter on Refusing to Accept a Bequest

"If a man appoints someone as his executor while that person is absent, the appointed person does not have the right to reject the will. However, if he appoints him while he is present in the same town, then he has the…

"If the will is sent to him from another town, he does not have the right to reject it. However, if he is in a city where others are available, then it is up to him to accept or decline it."

I wrote to Abu Al-Hasan (as) asking about a man whose father invited him to accept his will. Is it permissible for him to refuse accepting his father's will? Imam (as) replied: "He does not have the right to refuse."

"He should not abandon him in this situation."

"If a man appoints his brother as his executor while he is absent, he does not have the right to reject the will. This is because if he had been present and refused to accept it, the testator would have sought someone…