Denying women their inheritance is a custom of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: A man used to give money to his father, then his father passed away, and he had a daughter. When the father died, the daughter was denied her inheritance, even though the money was originally her father's.
Answer:
Why was she denied her inheritance? According to the school of those who forbid women from inheriting, they do not give inheritance to women or to minors; this is the practice of the people of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. It is not permissible to deny anyone their right to inheritance. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: A man used to give money to his father, then his father passed away, and he had a daughter. When the father died, the daughter was denied her inheritance, even though the money was originally her father's.
Answer:
Why was she denied her inheritance? According to the school of those who forbid women from inheriting, they do not give inheritance to women or to minors; this is the practice of the people of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. It is not permissible to deny anyone their right to inheritance. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2016 -3022] حرمان الإناث من الميراث من عادات الجاهلية - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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