Debts Consuming the Estate and the Rights of the Heirs
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: If the debts consume the estate, what is the ruling in that case? Do the heirs have any right to anything?
Answer:
They have nothing. If the debts consume the estate, nothing remains, and the debt takes precedence over the inheritance. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: If the debts consume the estate, what is the ruling in that case? Do the heirs have any right to anything?
Answer:
They have nothing. If the debts consume the estate, nothing remains, and the debt takes precedence over the inheritance. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، أول كتاب الفرائض — islamhouse.com (42:34)
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