that Allah has named in the prescribed shares, whereas ʿAbd al-Malik ibn al-Majshun maintains that the legatee is entitled to one-tenth.

The testator may revoke his bequest both while ill and while in good health. It has already been noted in the chapter on the mudabbar (a slave whose emancipation is deferred until the master’s death) that such a revocation is not effective in the case of a mudabbar.

A man may appoint one person to execute his will and entrust the care of his children to another, or he may combine all of that in a single executor, empowering him to act as he sees fit.