Text copied Link copied

Al-Fatawa – home

﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

Scholar
Search mode

Is it permissible to give a bequest before paying off a debt?

Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Is a bequest given before a debt?
No, the debt takes precedence over everything.
after any bequest he [may have] made or debtمِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوصِي بِهَا أَوْ دَيْنٍ
[Al-Nisa: 11] The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ruled that the debt is to be paid before the bequest.
Source binbaz.org.sa

The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.

Similar fatwas