The waiting period for a missing person who departs after the age of ninety
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man went out for trade and his age was over ninety, so what is the ruling regarding the waiting period?
Answer:
The judge must exercise independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) if a man departs after the age of ninety and news of him is lost; the judge exercises independent legal reasoning regarding the waiting period for him. Yes. The judge, meaning the qadi, yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man went out for trade and his age was over ninety, so what is the ruling regarding the waiting period?
Answer:
The judge must exercise independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) if a man departs after the age of ninety and news of him is lost; the judge exercises independent legal reasoning regarding the waiting period for him. Yes. The judge, meaning the qadi, yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 075 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الفرائض / ميراث المفقود / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:00:48)
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