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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it permissible for a Muslim to inherit from a disbeliever in the lands of disbelief and then distribute this estate in the interests of Muslims?

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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is it permissible for a Muslim to inherit from a disbeliever in the lands of disbelief and then distribute this estate in the interests of Muslims?

The Shaykh:
No. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said in the authentic hadith of Usamah ibn Zayd:
A disbeliever does not inherit from a Muslim, and a disbeliever does not inherit from a Muslimلا يرث الكافر المسلم، ولا يرث الكافر المسلم
As-Sunan al-Kubra lil-Nasa'i 40:67
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The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.

The Shaykh:
There is no mutual inheritance between the people of Islam and the people of disbelief, nor between the two religions of the Jew and the Christian; they do not inherit from one another. Between two different religions, they do not inherit from one another.

The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: If I prayed

The Shaykh:
This is called in the law of inheritance the inheritance of the people of different religions; the ruling on the inheritance of the people of different religions. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1772 -3022] هل يجوز أن يرث المسلم الكافر في بلاد الكفر ثم يقوم بتوزيع هذه التركة في مصالح المسلمين؟ — youtube.com

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