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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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If a man divorces his wife while he is in his deathbed illness with the intention of depriving her of inheritance, does she inherit from him even if she has completed the waiting period?

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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: If a man divorces his wife while he is in his deathbed illness with the intention of depriving her of inheritance, does the wife inherit from him even if she has completed the waiting period?

The Shaykh:
No, if she has completed the waiting period, no, she is not a wife. If she has completed the waiting period, she is not a wife. As long as she is in the waiting period, she is a wife. Yes.

The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.

The Shaykh:
Because the effects of the marriage remain upon her as long as it continues. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2171 -3022] إذا طلق الرجل زوجته في مرض موته بقصد حرمانها من الميراث، فهل ترثه ولو خرجت من العدة؟ — youtube.com

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