The ruling on learning the science of inheritance and why the scholars called it half the knowledge?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, why is learning the science of inheritance called half the knowledge, or half the knowledge? And is it obligatory for the general public to learn it, or is learning it a collective obligation?
Answer:
It is called half the knowledge. They said this is because rulings are of two types: rulings concerning the living and rulings concerning the dead. So inheritance became half the knowledge because it concerns the dead. As for learning it, it is a collective obligation; if enough people undertake it, the sin falls off the rest.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, why is learning the science of inheritance called half the knowledge, or half the knowledge? And is it obligatory for the general public to learn it, or is learning it a collective obligation?
Answer:
It is called half the knowledge. They said this is because rulings are of two types: rulings concerning the living and rulings concerning the dead. So inheritance became half the knowledge because it concerns the dead. As for learning it, it is a collective obligation; if enough people undertake it, the sin falls off the rest.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1619 -2802] حكم تعلم علم الفرائض ولماذا عده العلماء نصف العلم؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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