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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Dividing the estate of one whom a doctor has declared dead by brain death

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If a doctor declares a person dead by brain death, is his estate divided and is he considered to have died completely?

Answer:
Yes. His estate is not divided until his soul has completely departed. Yes.
Source شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن أسباب عبادة الأصنام : الغلو في المخلوق وإعطاؤه فوق منزلته — islamhouse.com (1:09:02)

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