The Ruling on Learning the Science of Inheritance: Individual Obligation or Collective Obligation
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is learning the science of inheritance an individual obligation (fard 'ayn) or a collective obligation (fard kifayah) for the Muslim?
Answer:
If no one has learned it, it is an individual obligation (fard 'ayn); but if there are those who have learned it, it is a collective obligation (fard kifayah). Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is learning the science of inheritance an individual obligation (fard 'ayn) or a collective obligation (fard kifayah) for the Muslim?
Answer:
If no one has learned it, it is an individual obligation (fard 'ayn); but if there are those who have learned it, it is a collective obligation (fard kifayah). Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، أول كتاب الفرائض — islamhouse.com (37:12)
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