The disbelief of one who does not consider a woman an heir
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. Shaykh Salih asks you, if you would be so kind, for your opinion on one who does not bequeath to a woman. Is he considered to be in the state of disbelief regarding the verses of the Noble Qur'an, such as the verses on inheritance, or is believing in the verse one thing and not applying it another?
Answer:
One who does not bequeath to a woman holds that she has no inheritance and is not entitled to it. He is a disbeliever in Allah because he contradicts what Allah has legislated and changes the rulings of Allah. When Allah, Exalted and Majestic, explained inheritance in Surat al-Nisa, He said:[An-Nisa 4:13-14].
Allah, Exalted and Majestic, bequeathed to women, contrary to the practice in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, when they did not bequeath to women or to young children. Allah, Glorified and Exalted, said:[An-Nisa 4:7].
So, the one who does not bequeath to women holds that they have no share in the inheritance. This is disbelief in the Book of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and transgression of the limits of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. Shaykh Salih asks you, if you would be so kind, for your opinion on one who does not bequeath to a woman. Is he considered to be in the state of disbelief regarding the verses of the Noble Qur'an, such as the verses on inheritance, or is believing in the verse one thing and not applying it another?
Answer:
One who does not bequeath to a woman holds that she has no inheritance and is not entitled to it. He is a disbeliever in Allah because he contradicts what Allah has legislated and changes the rulings of Allah. When Allah, Exalted and Majestic, explained inheritance in Surat al-Nisa, He said:
(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 مُّهِينٌAllah, Exalted and Majestic, bequeathed to women, contrary to the practice in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, when they did not bequeath to women or to young children. Allah, Glorified and Exalted, said:
For men is a share of what the parents and close relatives leave, and for women is a share of what the parents and close relatives leave, be it little or much - an obligatory share.
لِّلرِّجَالِ نَصِيبٌ مِّمَّا تَرَكَ الْوَالِدَانِ وَالْأَقْرَبُونَ وَلِلنِّسَاءِ نَصِيبٌ مِّمَّا تَرَكَ الْوَالِدَانِ وَالْأَقْرَبُونَ مِمَّا قَلَّ مِنْهُ أَوْ كَثُرَ نَصِيبًا مَّفْرُوضًاSo, the one who does not bequeath to women holds that they have no share in the inheritance. This is disbelief in the Book of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and transgression of the limits of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كفر من لا يرى توريث المرأة – الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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