Inheritance

QUESTION: Sheikh recently my grandmother passed away, and in her last will and testament she specified that the house she owned only be transferred to my father because he was the one who mostly paid for it and took care of her & that cost us much.However since my father has two sisters who are requesting a share of the property and since the house belongs to my father Is my father under any obligation now?

02 May

ANSWER: If he has proof that he invested the money or paid for it as a loan to his mother, he can keep it. But if he gave that to his mother as a gift, he can’t take anything more than the inheritance which Allah has given him.

QUESTION: Do brothers and sisters from suckling inherit??

Inheritance

17 Oct

ANSWER: No.

QUESTION: I wanted to know the rulings on the rights to inheritance of a paternal orphan whose father died before his parents(the orphan’s grandparents). I heard someone saying, “An orphan doesn’t inherit if his/her parents die before his/her grandparents”. Does the Islamic sharia say so?

Inheritance

14 Oct

ANSWER: They do not inherit from the grandparents if their father had died before their grandparents’ death and one or more of the paternal uncles were alive at the time of the death of the grandfather

QUESTION: What is the ruling.. if father (alive) give great portion to one kid while others would get their share after he dies.. and gives daughter just 2/3rd from one property only? He wont listen he is wrong.. he himself is religious

Inheritance

10 Oct

ANSWER: This is not permissible and such a gift is sinful as he must give all others equal share while he is alive. After his death, the kid given that gift will still share inheritance with his siblings despite the invalid will.

QUESTION: My parents basically are singling me out of inheritance because I basically married out of my own choice twice, my second marriage is successful, also because I had a drug user past, but alhamdullilah I’ve changed for many years now with a son and a beautiful wife whilst staying steadfast on my deen. My brother is getting half a million in inheritance, what does Islam say?

Inheritance

08 Oct

ANSWER: This is totally prohibited. Inheritance is not divided according to man made laws or according to the desires of the family or parents. It is divided as Allah has prescribed it and anyone who goes against that would be going against the will of Allah and would be severely tormented on the day of […]

QUESTION: If my mother or wife for example is willing to give up some of her inheritance can I distribute it more equally? For example at the moment my mother would get 3/4 and wife 1/4 if we have no children. If my mum is ok with it can I write it as 50-50 for each or if for example my mother was so wealthy she needs nothing could i write 100% for my wife? Or is it stil haram?

Inheritance

05 Oct

ANSWER: This is totally prohibited to write in a will that would be executed after his death. Such a will would be thrown away in the bin as it has no value. They will get what Allah prescribed for them in sharia. If anyone wants to forgo their right voluntarily (after his death), it’s their […]

QUESTION: I heard in the biography of Abu Bakr(May Allah be pleased with him) that when he died he asked Aishah(May Allah be pleased with her) to donate all his wealth to bait-ul-mal. I have also heard prophet muhammad (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) said that a person should leave part of his wealth for his family I just wanted to ask if we can give all our wealth in charity.

Inheritance

04 Oct

ANSWER: You should not do that as leaving your offspring well off and not needing others is better than leaving them poor begging people

QUESTION: I have one younger brother and one elder sister we have our fathers property in shape of house ,my mother is alive ,my father left this world some 20years back ,at that time our house was one story incomplete,later i and my younger brother jointly raised two more stories,my question what would be the share of my sister among this property,,,

Inheritance

02 Oct

ANSWER: If you have done this as a gift to your mother or to your family, she has a share in all of that. But if you had built it for yourself, you had built it on the property and land of your late father which she has a right in. You have the right […]

QUESTION: My father has been pased away 6 month ago and he was Govt Servent & due to his services now we r receiving his Services fund from GovtWhat will be the best way to give from it as Sadaqah for his benefit in eternal life Can we dug a wel which will benifit to two places, A Mosque (which is under construction with common people fund) and will also other people will use to get water for general use?

Funerals, Inheritance

02 Oct

ANSWER: Both are beneficial. However, this money now belongs to all his heirs and if all agree to use this for charity on his behalf then no problem, otherwise it must be distributed among his heirs according to sharia law and they can individually give charity on his behalf if they want.

QUESTION: We r 2 sis & 1 bro.My parents hv made a family arrangement saying dat der current house & shop wl go to my bro and 4m 3 pieces of land dat Dey have,2 pieces of land will be distributd equally among 3 of us & one piece will be distributd 1:1:2 AFTER THEY’RE GONE. WE 3 HAVE AGREED TO DIS & sign i HAPPILY.IS THIS PAPER UNISLAMIC. MY HUSBAND thinks my parents r wrong & has forbidden me 4m visit dem

Fiqh of Marriage, Inheritance

15 Sep

ANSWER: Such an agreement is void and has no value once they die. They are sinful in distributing it like this as if it is a gift in their life time, they must be fair and equal between their children and give them equal shares. Whatever is agreed upon before death becomes void once they […]

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