What is the ruling on taking money as an inheritance if one knows that some of the inherited money is forbidden?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a man’s father passed away, and he knows that some of his father’s money is forbidden (haram). What is the ruling on this money from the perspective of inheritance?
Answer:
What he knows to be forbidden (haram), it is not permissible for him to inherit it. As for what he does not know, the default is that it is lawful. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a man’s father passed away, and he knows that some of his father’s money is forbidden (haram). What is the ruling on this money from the perspective of inheritance?
Answer:
What he knows to be forbidden (haram), it is not permissible for him to inherit it. As for what he does not know, the default is that it is lawful. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [659 -1024] ما حكم أخذ المال إرثًا إن كان يعلم بحرمة بعض المال الموروث؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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