Is it permissible to donate a legal heir's share of an inheritance before its distribution for charitable purposes, such as memorizing the Qur'an?
The division of an inheritance should be expedited after the settlement of debts and the execution of bequests, to ensure that each heir receives their due. If there is a reason necessitating a delay in the division, and each heir's share is known, there is no harm in donating a portion of the inheritance. The Permanent Committee for Issuing Fatwas stated that Zakat becomes obligatory upon the heirs, each according to their share, after a year has passed since the inheritance transferred to them. Furthermore, whatever the heirs spend from the inheritance before its division is considered part of their share, and delaying the division of the inheritance is not advisable due to the resulting delay in the payment of rights and Zakat.
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