The Meaning of Kalalah
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is meant by al-Kinānah?
Answer:
You are to her the one who has neither a father nor a son. This is the statement. The one who has no son, this is by the explicit text of the Qur'an. Then,[An-Nisa 4:12] So-and-so. At the beginning of the surah, between them, He the Exalted said: "Then, if a man is to be inherited by So-and-so." Then He specified it at the end of the surah: [An-Nisa 4:176].
This is by the explicit text of the Qur'an: he has no son. As for the father, it is agreed upon by consensus that it is not necessary for the father to be absent, because brothers do not inherit alongside the father; they only inherit in the case of al-Kalālah, which is the one who has neither a son nor a father. Yes. When Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about al-Kalālah, he said: "I will state my opinion in this matter. If I am right, it is from Allah, and if I am wrong, it is from me and from Shaytan. Al-Kalālah is the one who has neither a son nor a father." Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is meant by al-Kinānah?
Answer:
You are to her the one who has neither a father nor a son. This is the statement. The one who has no son, this is by the explicit text of the Qur'an. Then,
And if a man
كَانَ رَجُلٌ يُورَثُThey request from you a [legal] ruling. Say, "Allah gives you a ruling concerning one having neither descendants nor ascendants [as heirs]." If a man dies, leaving no child
يَسْتَفْتُونَكَ قُلِ اللَّهُ يُفْتِيكُمْ فِي الْكَلَالَةِ إِنِ امْرُؤٌ هَلَكَ لَيْسَ لَهُ وَلَدٌThis is by the explicit text of the Qur'an: he has no son. As for the father, it is agreed upon by consensus that it is not necessary for the father to be absent, because brothers do not inherit alongside the father; they only inherit in the case of al-Kalālah, which is the one who has neither a son nor a father. Yes. When Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about al-Kalālah, he said: "I will state my opinion in this matter. If I am right, it is from Allah, and if I am wrong, it is from me and from Shaytan. Al-Kalālah is the one who has neither a son nor a father." Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/109 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:01:14)
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