He says: If a man dies and leaves behind, meaning he leaves behind, children and a wife, and his father is alive, does his wife inherit from her husband's wealth, or does her father exclude her, because the disposal of his wealth belongs to his father?
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The questioner : He says in his letter: If a man dies and leaves behind, meaning he leaves behind, children and a wife, and his father is alive, does his wife inherit from her husband's wealth, or does her father exclude her, because the disposal of his wealth belongs to his father?
The Shaykh : In this issue, the wife has what Allah has prescribed for her.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And that is one-eighth, as long as the deceased has children.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So she gets one-eighth, her father gets one-sixth, and the rest goes to his children. The rest goes to his children. If they are females, they take their prescribed shares, and the remainder is returned to the father as a residuary heir.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And if they are males, they take the entire remainder[An-Nisa 4:11].
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Shaykh : In this issue, the wife has what Allah has prescribed for her.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And that is one-eighth, as long as the deceased has children.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So she gets one-eighth, her father gets one-sixth, and the rest goes to his children. The rest goes to his children. If they are females, they take their prescribed shares, and the remainder is returned to the father as a residuary heir.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And if they are males, they take the entire remainder
for the male, what is equal to the share of two females
للذكر مثل حظ الأنثيينThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.