The Ruling on a Bequest to Heirs
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The Shaykh:
May Allah greet you, may He bless you.
The questioner:
This sister, Umm Saud, says: I am a follower of this program, and we pray for the Shaykh (may Allah grant him excellence) to answer the brothers in this program. I have a deceased sister, and before her death she said to her adult daughters: "If I die or if Allah takes me, my clothes, my belongings, and everything I own are for you, you daughters." Knowing that she has a mother, does the mother have any right to these belongings and clothes?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. If the daughters are heirs, then they have no right to a bequest. So the bequest is not valid. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no bequest for an heir." However, if they are not heirs because they are blocked by someone closer to the deceased than they are, then the bequest is valid, and the mother has no share of it. Yes.
May Allah greet you, may He bless you.
The questioner:
This sister, Umm Saud, says: I am a follower of this program, and we pray for the Shaykh (may Allah grant him excellence) to answer the brothers in this program. I have a deceased sister, and before her death she said to her adult daughters: "If I die or if Allah takes me, my clothes, my belongings, and everything I own are for you, you daughters." Knowing that she has a mother, does the mother have any right to these belongings and clothes?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. If the daughters are heirs, then they have no right to a bequest. So the bequest is not valid. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no bequest for an heir." However, if they are not heirs because they are blocked by someone closer to the deceased than they are, then the bequest is valid, and the mother has no share of it. Yes.
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