After Demise
Is there any justification for deducting burial expenses from a Musi’s property?
Since the time of the Promised Messiah (Peace be upon him), 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 (May Allah have mercy on him) 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 (Peace be upon him). There is no need whatsoever to change it.”