Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of Wasaya (Wills and Testaments)

6- بَابُ لاَ وَصِيَّةَ لِوَارِثٍ:

(6) Chapter. A legal heir has no right to inherit through a will.

1 hadith · references 2747–2747

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Bukhari · 2747كَانَ الْمَالُ لِلْوَلَدِ ، وَكَانَتِ الْوَصِيَّةُ لِلْوَالِدَيْنِ ، فَنَسَخَ اللَّهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ مَا أَحَبَّ ، فَجَعَلَ لِلذَّكَرِ مِثْلَ حَظِّ الْأُنْثَيَيْنِ ، وَجَعَلَ لِلْأَبَوَيْنِ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا السُّدُThe custom (in old days) was that the property of the deceased would be inherited by his offspring; as for the parents (of the deceased), they would inherit by the will of the deceased. Then Allah cancelled from that cus5 narrators