 the successor may be immediate or deferred. whoever gives charity and imposes conditions deserves to be deprived. if this were as almarwazi imagined the trial would have been dropped people would have abandoned trade no poor person would have remained and worship would have been lost.
والخلف يكون معجلا ومؤجلا. ومن تصدق وتشرط الشروط استحق الحرمان. ولو كان هذا على ما توهمه المروزي لكانت المحنة فيه ساقطة، ولترك الناس التجارة، ولما بقي فقير، ولذهبت العبادة.