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Is it permissible for the father to take the refunded tax amount from the sale of my mother's land, and is this amount considered an inheritance to be distributed among the heirs with the male receiving the equivalent of two females’ shares, or equally?

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The tax collected by the state from the buyer is, in most cases, impermissible (haram). If this is the case, you must return it to the buyer because it was taken from him unjustly. This tax does not become the property of your father nor his heirs.

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