The Muslim Taking His Disbelieving Father's Bequest
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, it is mentioned in the hadith fromMishkat al-Masabih 3043, if a disbelieving father leaves a bequest to his Muslim son, is it permissible for him to take it?
Answer:
Yes, there is nothing wrong with that, because this is not inheritance; rather, it is a voluntary bequest. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, it is mentioned in the hadith from
God’s Messenger as saying, “A Muslim may not inherit from an infidel or an infidel from a Muslim.”
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم لا يرث المسلم الكافر، ولا الكافر المسلمAnswer:
Yes, there is nothing wrong with that, because this is not inheritance; rather, it is a voluntary bequest. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين-14-07-1439هـ — af.org.sa (40:39)
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