Is a son deprived of his father's inheritance if he caused his father's death in a car accident?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: Is a son deprived of his father's inheritance if the father died in a car accident, and that son was the one driving the car, with both of them in the same car?
The Shaykh:
If the son was negligent in driving and at fault, he does not inherit, because he is an unintentional killer, and a killer has no inheritance. However, if there was no negligence on his part and the accident occurred without any fault on his side, this does not prevent him from inheriting, because he is not at fault in the accident. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you. To complete the question, he asks: Are there conditions that prevent someone from inheriting?
The Shaykh:
Slavery, killing, and difference in religion. These are the causes that prevent a person from inheriting. One of three causes prevents a person from inheriting: slavery, killing, and difference in religion. So understand this, for doubt is not like certainty. The obstacles to inheritance are: killing, which is the first. The second is slavery, meaning the slave. The third is difference in religion; a Muslim does not inherit from a disbeliever, and a disbeliever does not inherit from a Muslim.
May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: Is a son deprived of his father's inheritance if the father died in a car accident, and that son was the one driving the car, with both of them in the same car?
The Shaykh:
If the son was negligent in driving and at fault, he does not inherit, because he is an unintentional killer, and a killer has no inheritance. However, if there was no negligence on his part and the accident occurred without any fault on his side, this does not prevent him from inheriting, because he is not at fault in the accident. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you. To complete the question, he asks: Are there conditions that prevent someone from inheriting?
The Shaykh:
Slavery, killing, and difference in religion. These are the causes that prevent a person from inheriting. One of three causes prevents a person from inheriting: slavery, killing, and difference in religion. So understand this, for doubt is not like certainty. The obstacles to inheritance are: killing, which is the first. The second is slavery, meaning the slave. The third is difference in religion; a Muslim does not inherit from a disbeliever, and a disbeliever does not inherit from a Muslim.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [118] هل يُحرم الابن من ميراث أبيه إذا تسبب في وفاته بحادث سير؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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