The Ruling on Depriving One of the Sons of His Inheritance
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Your Eminence the Shaykh, may Allah bless you. This person asks, may Allah preserve you: Is it permissible for a father to deprive one of his sons of his inheritance as a punishment for him?
Answer:
This is not permissible; it is severely forbidden. No one is allowed to cut off an heir from his inheritance. It was reported in a hadith that and in a hadith Sunan Abi Dawud 2870Hasan Sahih (Al-Albani) This is a right for the heir, and no one is allowed to cut it off. It is the ruling of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He), and He has set the limits: [At-Talaq 65:1] [An-Nisa 4:14] It is not permissible to manipulate inheritances or to deprive some of the heirs for any reason whatsoever.
Because this is a right that Allah has given him, so no one is allowed to cut it off or prevent him from it, even if he was, even if he was wrong toward his father, and even if he erred in his father's rights, it is not permissible for the father to cut off his inheritance. And Allah will compensate the father for what happened. It is not permissible for the father to dispose of the inheritance, nor for anyone other than the father to dispose of the inheritances by depriving some of the heirs, increasing some of the heirs beyond their inheritance, or otherwise. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Your Eminence the Shaykh, may Allah bless you. This person asks, may Allah preserve you: Is it permissible for a father to deprive one of his sons of his inheritance as a punishment for him?
Answer:
This is not permissible; it is severely forbidden. No one is allowed to cut off an heir from his inheritance. It was reported in a hadith that
Whoever cuts off an heir from his inheritance, Allah will cut off his inheritance from Paradise,
من قطع وارثا من ميراثه قطع الله ميراثه من الجنة،Allah has appointed for everyone who has a right what is due to him
إن الله قد أعطى كل ذي حق حقهAllah. And whoever transgresses the limits of
اللَّهِ وَمَن يَتَعَدَّ حُدُودَ اللَّهِHe will put him into the Fire to abide eternally therein, and he will have a humiliating punishment.
يُدْخِلْهُ نَارًا خَالِدًا فِيهَا وَلَهُ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌBecause this is a right that Allah has given him, so no one is allowed to cut it off or prevent him from it, even if he was, even if he was wrong toward his father, and even if he erred in his father's rights, it is not permissible for the father to cut off his inheritance. And Allah will compensate the father for what happened. It is not permissible for the father to dispose of the inheritance, nor for anyone other than the father to dispose of the inheritances by depriving some of the heirs, increasing some of the heirs beyond their inheritance, or otherwise. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، حكم حرمان أحد الأبناء من الميراث - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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