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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The obligation to resort to the judiciary when unable to obtain rights

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Question:
The question you wrote. Please, the second question. May Allah reward you. Some people attempt to withhold rights and prevent them from reaching their owners, whether these are rights acquired through inheritance, or a collective customary right that is divided, known, and established for a group of people or a tribe. When demanding these rights or striving to realize and obtain them, some individuals, or some people out of tribal fanaticism, withhold those rights. They claim that doing so will incite fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), and they accuse the claimants of matters related to pre-Islamic tribal fanaticism and tribalism. This is a real hardship. Is that clear, sir? It is clear. And we suffer from it in some areas. May Allah bless you. May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
My brother, it is obligatory to pay rights to their owners, unless they waive them. If they delay or refuse, the one in authority compels them to do so. You complain to the authorities, and they compel them to do so. Or, if they have a claim and an excuse, you take both to the court, and the judge looks into this matter. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 2372 - الواجب عند العجز عن أخذ الحقوق اللجوء إلى القضاء - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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