The Ruling on Dividing an Estate by Mutual Agreement Without Adhering to the Law of Inheritance Shares
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible for a person to divide the estate with the heirs, with everyone in agreement, without adhering to the division of inheritance prescribed in the Qur'an?
Answer:
No, for the division contradicts the division that was revealed in the Qur'an. But if he divides it between them with the protection of Allah the Exalted, then there is no harm. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible for a person to divide the estate with the heirs, with everyone in agreement, without adhering to the division of inheritance prescribed in the Qur'an?
Answer:
No, for the division contradicts the division that was revealed in the Qur'an. But if he divides it between them with the protection of Allah the Exalted, then there is no harm. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع كتاب النكاح - 1 — islamhouse.com (27:42)
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