After Demise
Is there any justification for deducting burial expenses from a Musi’s property?
Since the time of the Promised Messiah (as), the Musi makes the following affirmation in the first clause of the Wasiyyat form:
“That after my death, my body should be sent to Bahishti Maqbarah, Qadian for burial. … If I have not paid the expenses for conveying my body to Qadian to Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya before my death, then these expenses shall be paid from the property I leave behind. But these expenses will not affect Hissa Jaidad which, according to this Wasiyyat, I submit to Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya.”
When Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IV (rh) was asked this question, he said: “Musis should continue to make the same affirmation which was made by Musis at the time of the Promised Messiah (as). There is no need whatsoever to change it.”