Does the court take a percentage of the inheritance when it is divided and checks are issued, or is the full amount distributed to the heirs?
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If you are asking about the permissibility of the court taking a fee in exchange for dividing an inheritance, the basic principle is that a judge who receives a salary from the public treasury (Bayt al-Mal) is not permitted to take a fee for his judgments. This is because the judiciary is compensated from the public treasury, and it is not permissible to take a fee for it. Anyone who is sufficiently provided for from the public treasury of the Muslims is not allowed to take a fee from the litigants.
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