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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the ruling on a mother distributing her wealth to her children during her lifetime and equalizing the shares between males and females?

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Question:
He says: Our mother wants to distribute her wealth among us. We are four males and one female, and she says, "You are all equal; the daughter is like the son." What is the ruling on this?

Answer:
If she has no heirs other than these, there is no harm in her distributing it, and it should be
for the male, what is equal to the share of two femalesلِلذَّكَرِ مِثْلُ حَظِّ الْأُنثَيَيْنِ
[An-Nisa 4:11]
as Allah the Exalted has divided between the male and the female, the male receiving the share of two females.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم توزيع الأم أموالها في حياتها على أبنائها والمساواة بين الذكور والإناث؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com

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