Equality Between Women and Men in Inheritance
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Question:
In this context as well, Abu 'Abdullah from Riyadh says: What is the ruling on equalizing women and men in the distribution of inheritance, given that we hear that some tribes outside the Kingdom do this?
Answer:
This is disbelief and deviation. The one who equates the woman with the man in inheritance has contradicted the ruling of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He), for Allah has distinguished between them by making the female's share half of the male's. If he is ignorant, this should be explained to him. If he is doing it deliberately, then he is in opposition to Allah, His Messenger, and the consensus of the Muslims.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
In this context as well, Abu 'Abdullah from Riyadh says: What is the ruling on equalizing women and men in the distribution of inheritance, given that we hear that some tribes outside the Kingdom do this?
Answer:
This is disbelief and deviation. The one who equates the woman with the man in inheritance has contradicted the ruling of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He), for Allah has distinguished between them by making the female's share half of the male's. If he is ignorant, this should be explained to him. If he is doing it deliberately, then he is in opposition to Allah, His Messenger, and the consensus of the Muslims.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «السعودية»، برنامج فتاوى — youtube.com (22:52)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.