Is it permissible for the husband of the deceased to pay the value of the gold to the Mujahideen and keep the gold for himself, knowing that his wife's will was to donate the gold itself to the Mujahideen?

The answer summarizes the permissibility of giving the beneficiaries of a will the value of gold in currency instead of the gold itself in two cases:

1. If the beneficiaries agree to it, even if the testator had a specific purpose in designating gold. 2. If the testator had no initial specific purpose in designating gold, for the purpose of the will is to benefit them, and that benefit is achieved by the value of the gold.

With a caveat against delaying any part of the gold's value to avoid riba an-nasi'ah (usury of delay).