Among the customs of some tribes in Yemen, they do not bequeath to women; what is the ruling on this in the Shari'ah?
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Question:
But this one is asking, he also says: Among our customs, or among the customs of the tribes among some of us in Yemen, they do not bequeath to women. What is the ruling on that?
Answer:
The ruling belongs to Allah; it is not for the people of Yemen or anyone else. Allah has bequeathed to the woman[An-Nisa 4:7]. Depriving women and depriving children of inheritance is from the practice of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. This is from the practice of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance; they did not bequeath to children, and they did not bequeath to women. Then Islam came and invalidated this, and made inheritance for the adults and the children, and for the women, according to the conditions of inheritance. It is not permissible for anyone to dispose of inheritances. Yes.
But this one is asking, he also says: Among our customs, or among the customs of the tribes among some of us in Yemen, they do not bequeath to women. What is the ruling on that?
Answer:
The ruling belongs to Allah; it is not for the people of Yemen or anyone else. Allah has bequeathed to the woman
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 مَّفْرُوضًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، من عادات بعض قبائل اليمن لا يورثون المرأة، فما حكم ذلك في الشرع؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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