What is the ruling on threatening or pressuring someone to sign away their inheritance, and what should be done in cases of forced signing?
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No one may be coerced into relinquishing their inheritance. If such relinquishment occurs under duress, it is Islamically void. It is permissible for the one coerced into relinquishing their inheritance to call upon witnesses to attest that they were coerced and did not willingly relinquish it. Such testimony will benefit them in legal proceedings.
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