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What is the ruling on selling a plot of land inherited from ancestors and not registered in the Real Estate Registry?

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The inheritance becomes the property of the heirs upon the death of the deceased. No one among them has exclusive rights to anything until it is divided. Once it is divided and the land becomes the share of an heir, he is permitted to sell it, even if it is not registered in the real estate registry, unless the laws of the country prohibit its sale before registration. The seller must disclose the lack of registration to the buyer because it is considered a defect, and therefore he is obliged to disclose it, based on the saying of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him: "The two parties to a transaction have the option [to annul it] as long as they have not separated. If they are truthful and disclose [any defects], their transaction will be blessed. But if they lie and conceal [defects], the blessing of their transaction will be wiped out."

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