It is narrated from Mughira: Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The executor is the trustee of that which is bequeathed to him.

It is narrated from Abu Wahb that Mak'hool (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The matter of the executor (wasiyy) is permissible in everything except a house, shop, or land; if he sells anything, it will not be revoked. This is also the opinion of Yahya bin Hamzah.

Yahya bin Abi Kathir said: The executor is a trustee over everything except freeing a slave, and he can establish wala (clientship).

It is narrated from Mansur (ibn al-Mu'tamir): Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The guardian (executor) will conduct business (such as trade, etc.) with the wealth of the orphan when someone has made a bequest to him.

It is narrated from Ismail that Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The guardian of an orphan will take the right of pre-emption (shuf‘a) for him, and the guardian of an absent person, to whom the right of pre-emption has been bequeathed, will also take the right of pre-emption.

Ikrimah narrated: A sheikh from Damascus said: I was with Umar bin Abdul Aziz, may Allah have mercy on him, and with him were Sulaiman bin Habib and Abu Qilabah, when suddenly a boy came and said: Such-and-such place is our land which our guardian sold to you when we were children. Umar bin Abdul Aziz, may Allah have mercy on him, turned to Sulaiman bin Habib and said: What do you say about this? He gave an evasive answer. Then he turned to Abu Qilabah and said: What do you say? He said: Return the boy’s land. He said: Then our wealth will be lost. He replied: You yourself have wasted your wealth.