The Ruling on Equality Between Women and Men in Inheritance
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Question:
Our dear listeners, we are with you in the program *Nur 'ala al-Darb* with the program's guest, the Honorable Shaykh Salih ibn Fawzan al-Fawzan (may Allah preserve you). This is a message from one of the sisters, which essentially says: There are those who equate the woman's right with the man's in inheritance. What is the ruling on that?
Answer:
This is disbelief in Allah and apostasy from the religion of Islam. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) distinguished between the woman and the man:[An-Nisa 4:11] So whoever equates the male and the female is a deviant disbeliever in Allah (Mighty and Majestic). When Allah mentioned the inheritances, He said: [An-Nisa 4:13-14] Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Our dear listeners, we are with you in the program *Nur 'ala al-Darb* with the program's guest, the Honorable Shaykh Salih ibn Fawzan al-Fawzan (may Allah preserve you). This is a message from one of the sisters, which essentially says: There are those who equate the woman's right with the man's in inheritance. What is the ruling on that?
Answer:
This is disbelief in Allah and apostasy from the religion of Islam. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) distinguished between the woman and the man:
concerning your children: for the male, what is equal to the share of two females
فِي أَوْلَادِكُمْ لِلذَّكَرِ مِثْلُ حَظِّ الْأُنثَيَيْنِ(13) These are the limits [set by] Allah, and whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger will be admitted by Him to gardens [in Paradise] under which rivers flow, abiding eternally therein; and that is the great attainment. (14) And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger and transgresses His limits - He will put him into the Fire to abide eternally therein, and he will have a humiliating punishment.
تِلْكَ حُدُودُ اللَّهِ وَمَن يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ يُدْخِلْهُ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا وَذَٰلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ وَمَن يَعْصِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيَتَعَدَّ حُدُودَهُ يُدْخِلْهُ نَارًا خَالِدًا فِيهَا وَلَهُ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌThe presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/163 — archive.org (15:34)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.