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Is it permissible to divide the inheritance among some while disinheriting others?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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Allah Almighty divided inheritances in His Book, establishing them as boundaries that must be observed and not transgressed. Depriving an heir of their share is a major sin, a clear injustice, and a transgression of Allah's limits. The matter becomes more severe if the wronged party is a woman, as this resembles the actions of the people of pre-Islamic ignorance (Jahiliyyah) and is a squandering of the Prophet's (peace be upon him) admonition, who warned against neglecting the rights of the two vulnerable ones: the orphan and the woman. There is no difference in entitlement to inheritance between types of wealth, nor between heirs based on their differing circumstances.

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