Hiring Someone to observe One's (Deceased) Father's Compensatory Fasts by Means of Estate
Fasting
May the eldest son use some of his deceased father's estate in order to hire someone to observe his father‘s...
Q: May the eldest son use some of his deceased father’s estate in order to hire
someone to observe his father‘s unfulfilled compensatory fasts?
A: No, the eldest son ought to observe the fasts himself or pay out of his own
pocket in relation to hiring someone else. He does not have the right to spend
from the estate unless his father had stipulated it in his will.
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