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Is it permissible to disinherit a daughter after paying her a sum in exchange for her waiver of lawsuits she and her husband filed against her father, knowing that the sum is equivalent to her current share of the inheritance, and that she is disobedient to her father?

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If giving money to the rest of the children is in the form of an immediate gift and transfer of ownership during one's lifetime, then there is no objection, and that is to achieve justice among the children; because what the daughter took unjustly is equal to her rightful share. The majority of scholars view preferring some children over others in gifting as disliked, not forbidden. However, if the matter is conditioned upon death, then it falls under the ruling of a will, and a will is not valid for an heir, nor is it valid for more than one-third of the inheritance.

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