Is it permissible for a father to distribute his estate while he is still alive?
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The questioner : The questioner asks: Is it permissible for a father to distribute his estate while he is still alive?
The Shaykh : Some scholars have mentioned that it is permissible for a person to divide his estate among his heirs according to the shares prescribed by Allah. However, although some scholars have permitted this, I do not see it as correct. Why?
First: because those to whom the estate is distributed might die before you, is that not so? Lifespans are in the hand of Allah. How many sick people have been buried while healthy.
Second: you yourself might need it, you might need it, you do not know. You now see that you are not in need, but unexpected events from the events of time may occur, in which you will need money, and you will have already divided the money among others.
For this reason, we see that it is not befitting for a person to divide his wealth among his heirs. But if Allah decrees that he dies, then you have learned the division. If they are men and women and they are siblings, how is the division?[An-Nisa 4:11], and if they are children, sons and daughters, then for the male is the share of two females, and if they are siblings from the mother, then for the male?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : For the male is the same as for the female, by the saying of the Exalted:[An-Nisa 4:12].
The Shaykh : Some scholars have mentioned that it is permissible for a person to divide his estate among his heirs according to the shares prescribed by Allah. However, although some scholars have permitted this, I do not see it as correct. Why?
First: because those to whom the estate is distributed might die before you, is that not so? Lifespans are in the hand of Allah. How many sick people have been buried while healthy.
Second: you yourself might need it, you might need it, you do not know. You now see that you are not in need, but unexpected events from the events of time may occur, in which you will need money, and you will have already divided the money among others.
For this reason, we see that it is not befitting for a person to divide his wealth among his heirs. But if Allah decrees that he dies, then you have learned the division. If they are men and women and they are siblings, how is the division?
for the male, what is equal to the share of two females
للذكر مثل حظّ الأنثيينThe student: ...
The Shaykh : For the male is the same as for the female, by the saying of the Exalted: