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Is it haram to deprive heirs of their share of inheritance?

Short answer

Yes. Allah fixed the shares of inheritance and called them limits set by Him (4:11-14). It is not allowed to cut out a rightful heir, or to give one child more than the others without a lawful reason, in order to change what Allah has ordained.

Evidence

Quran

يُوصِيكُمُ ٱللَّهُ فِىٓ أَوْلَٰدِكُمْ ۖ لِلذَّكَرِ مِثْلُ حَظِّ ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِ ۚ فَإِن كُنَّ نِسَآءًۭ فَوْقَ ٱثْنَتَيْنِ فَلَهُنَّ ثُلُثَا مَا تَرَكَ ۖ وَإِن كَانَتْ وَٰحِدَةًۭ فَلَهَا ٱلنِّصْفُ ۚ وَلِأَبَوَيْهِ لِكُلِّ وَٰحِدٍۢ مِّنْهُمَا ٱلسُّدُسُ مِمَّا تَرَكَ إِن كَانَ لَهُۥ وَلَدٌۭ ۚ فَإِن لَّمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ وَلَدٌۭ وَوَرِثَهُۥٓ أَبَوَاهُ فَلِأُمِّهِ ٱلثُّلُثُ ۚ فَإِن كَانَ لَهُۥٓ إِخْوَةٌۭ فَلِأُمِّهِ ٱلسُّدُسُ ۚ مِنۢ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍۢ يُوصِى بِهَآ أَوْ دَيْنٍ ۗ ءَابَآؤُكُمْ وَأَبْنَآؤُكُمْ لَا تَدْرُونَ أَيُّهُمْ أَقْرَبُ لَكُمْ نَفْعًۭا ۚ فَرِيضَةًۭ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًۭا ﴿١١﴾

Mwenyezi Mungu anakuusieni juu ya watoto wenu: Fungu la mwanamume ni kama fungu la wanawake wawili. Na ikiwa wanawake zaidi ya wawili, basi watapata thuluthi mbili za alicho kiacha maiti. Lakini akiwa mtoto mwanamke ni mmoja, basi fungu lake ni nusu. Na wazazi wake wawili, kila mmoja wao apate sudusi ya alicho kiacha, ikiwa anaye mtoto. Akiwa hana mtoto, na wazazi wake wawili wamekuwa ndio warithi wake, basi mama yake atapata thuluthi moja. Na akiwa anao ndugu, basi mama yake atapata sudusi. Haya ni baada ya kutolewa alicho usia au kulipa deni. Baba zenu na watoto wenu, nyinyi hamjui ni nani baina yao aliye karibia zaidi kwenu kwa manufaa. Hiyo ni Sharia iliyo toka kwa Mwenyezi Mungu. Bila ya shaka Mwenyezi Mungu ni Mjuzi na Mwenye hikima.

تِلْكَ حُدُودُ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَمَن يُطِعِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ يُدْخِلْهُ جَنَّٰتٍۢ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ ﴿١٣﴾

Hiyo ni mipaka ya Mwenyezi Mungu. Na anaye mt'ii Mwenyezi Mungu na Mtume wake, Yeye atamtia katika Pepo zipitazo mito kati yake, wadumu humo. Na huko ndiko kufuzu kukubwa.

وَمَن يَعْصِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَيَتَعَدَّ حُدُودَهُۥ يُدْخِلْهُ نَارًا خَٰلِدًۭا فِيهَا وَلَهُۥ عَذَابٌۭ مُّهِينٌۭ ﴿١٤﴾

Na anaye muasi Mwenyezi Mungu na Mtume wake, na akaipindukia mipaka yake, (Mwenyezi Mungu) atamtia Motoni adumu humo, na atapata adhabu ya kudhalilisha.

This is general information, not a fatwa. For your own situation, ask a qualified scholar.

Questions about halal and haram

Is it haram to deprive heirs of their share of inheritance?

Yes. Allah fixed the shares of inheritance and called them limits set by Him (4:11-14). It is not allowed to cut out a rightful heir, or to give one child more than the others without a lawful reason, in order to change what Allah has ordained.

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