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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Ruling on Preventing a Woman from Inheritance

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Question:
In his other question, he asks: Is it an injustice to the rights of women to exclude them from inheritance and not to bequeath to them their rights?

Answer:
There is no doubt; this is one of the practices of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah). They are the ones who prevent women from inheriting, and some tribes that still have this jahiliyyah do this, preventing women from inheritance. This is a great injustice, a great injustice, and an encroachment on the rights of Allah. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has made inheritance obligatory for men and women.
For men is a share of what the parents and close relatives leave, and for women is a share of what the parents and close relatives leave, be it little or much - an obligatory share.لِّلرِّجَالِ نَصِيبٌ مِّمَّا تَرَكَ الْوَالِدَانِ وَالْأَقْرَبُونَ وَلِلنِّسَاءِ نَصِيبٌ مِّمَّا تَرَكَ الْوَالِدَانِ وَالْأَقْرَبُونَ مِمَّا قَلَّ مِنْهُ أَوْ كَثُرَ نَصِيبًا مَّفْرُوضًا
[An-Nisa 4:7]
Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/242 — archive.org (7:40)

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