Can a man inherit from more than eight wives?
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The questioner : ... and he had four wives, so he divorced them with the intention of depriving them of their inheritance, then he married four more and divorced them with the intention of depriving them, then he married four more and divorced them with the intention of depriving them. Does this inheritance share become valid, resulting in more than eight?
The Shaykh : It is possible.
The questioner : They inherit.
The Shaykh : Yes, even if he did not consummate the marriage. Khalid says: It is possible for a man to inherit from more than eight wives. He divorces four, and if they are not in a waiting period—for example, if he divorces them before consummation and seclusion, their waiting period ends immediately upon divorce—and he marries four and divorces them before consummation. What is the benefit? But it is possible. In any case, the issue is hypothetical. He divorces the four he married, then marries four more. But I believe people do not do this at all, yes, except for a person who knows that this man has a lot of wealth and marries him for the sake of the money.
The questioner : If the maternal grandmother is more distant than ...?
The Shaykh : Each of them is a grandmother, is that not so? The closer one inherits, and the more distant one does not inherit, whether from the mother or the father.
The Shaykh : It is possible.
The questioner : They inherit.
The Shaykh : Yes, even if he did not consummate the marriage. Khalid says: It is possible for a man to inherit from more than eight wives. He divorces four, and if they are not in a waiting period—for example, if he divorces them before consummation and seclusion, their waiting period ends immediately upon divorce—and he marries four and divorces them before consummation. What is the benefit? But it is possible. In any case, the issue is hypothetical. He divorces the four he married, then marries four more. But I believe people do not do this at all, yes, except for a person who knows that this man has a lot of wealth and marries him for the sake of the money.
The questioner : If the maternal grandmother is more distant than ...?
The Shaykh : Each of them is a grandmother, is that not so? The closer one inherits, and the more distant one does not inherit, whether from the mother or the father.