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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on one who divorces his wife before his death with the intention of depriving her of inheritance?

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, one who divorces before his death.

Answer:
So that the wife does not inherit, is he dealt with in the opposite of his intention? The scholars have dedicated a chapter to this regarding the inheritance of a divorced woman if he divorced her with a revocable divorce and died while she was still in the waiting period; she inherits because she is his wife. If he divorced her during his terminal illness while being suspected of intending to deprive her, she also inherits. If it is established that he intended to deprive her and he divorced her during his terminal illness, she inherits, as he is dealt with in the opposite of his intention. However, if he divorced her at her request, even if it was during his terminal illness, if he divorced her at her request, she has no inheritance because she is the one who waived her right. There is a distinction in this matter mentioned in the chapter on the inheritance of divorced women.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1631 -2802] حكم مَن طلق زوجته قبل موته بقصد حرمانها من الميراث؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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