Inheritance

My father in his life time gave each son and daughter an apartment.Each of us accepted this gift from him.After he passed away will these apartment will go under inheritance ruling as per sharia or every one can keep their apartment as it is.You have been a great help to me shaykh always.

23 Feb

ANSWER: If he has given all his children equally during his lifetime, without being unjust to any one of them, then this is a gift and it does not come under inheritance. They can keep it for themselves. But if he didn’t actually give it to them and they didn’t possess it but rather, it […]

Sheikh, i wanted to enquire that is it allowed to write will for a women ( Leaving 1/3rd for charity ) of her property for her children specifying what belongs to whom? That is, if she has built 2 houses, can she write specific Will that 1 goes to her son and other to her daughter? And a specific small area thats could be used as a store area for 1 of her child?

Inheritance

11 Jan

ANSWER: No, she cannot write a will like this. After her death, her property and possessions will be divided according to Shariah. If she wants to give everything in her lifetime to her kids, she must give all her children equally, without giving any child more over the other. She is entitled to give 1/3rd of […]

My father’s parents didn’t divide the property according to sharia . After his father’s death the brothers n sisters took hold of all property n didn’t give him a single penny . Now should my father meet them and keep relation ship with them , although they hurt us by depriving us of our share in property . Pls explain in detail.

Fiqh of the family, Inheritance

11 Jan

ANSWER: They are sinful and will be held accountable by Allah for this unless they repent however, your father is not allowed to break his ties with them because of this. Allah mandates that he uphold ties of kinship with them while anticipating the reward from Allah alone. Kindly refer to the following link(s): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7EPE3zv0Gc&feature=youtu.be […]

According to the law of the land anything bought after marriage is automatically shared ownership regardless who bought it and the name under it. My father bought a house, now that he passed away do the inheritance must be halved first then divided as my mother is still alive eventhough name of ownership is only my father.

Inheritance

09 Jan

ANSWER: It shouldn’t be halved first, If the papers were on his name, the property would be divided between all his heirs, including his wife, according to Shariah. The law of the land has no superiority over Allah’s law.

My mother passed away 7 yrs back due to brain stroke. But just the day b4 she fell ill she told us that if we give any property to one of our sister who did not treated her well n misbehave a lot of times becoz of her husband n in-laws,she will not forgive us . She caught my hand n took a promise not to give any thing from her property r gold .I’m confused wht shall be done

Inheritance

08 Jan

ANSWER: Whatever will she left is abrogated by the sharia and her property must be divided according to Allah’s law whether she instructed against it or not! This is not valid and all her children must get their share as directed by Allah.

We are 4 daughters(no brothers), survived by my mom. According to the shariah, the property has to be distributed to my uncle and 2 aunts. If the property to be inherited is not being distributed according to the shariah, What am I supposed to do? Can I refuse to take the property? Or should I take my share and then distribute from it to my uncle n aunts? Please advise

Inheritance

05 Jan

ANSWER: This must be distributed according to Shariah otherwise there is a severe punishment awaiting those who grab people’s property unjustly. You should try to tell them about Allah’s wrath. Even after this if they don’t listen, you can take your share and give to your uncle and aunts whatever is extra from your share.

Are the children of wife (from her previous marriage) entitled to inherit from her current husband?

Inheritance

31 Dec

ANSWER: Of course not! He is not their father nor related to them.

My father transfer ownership of his house to my 2 brothers.value of the house was high but he gave very less amount to 4 of the daughters and said this is your share in house.now house is on name of two brothers. Is that now brothers responsibility to give the sisters their right amount back? Because father don’t want to give daughters any more.will brothers be sinful if they don’t

Inheritance

24 Dec

ANSWER: What your father has done is to give to some of his children and not to others, and it cannot be regarded sharing out his wealth among his heirs when he is still alive, because he has not given to all his heirs, rather he has singled out some of his children. Singling out […]

v have our grandfather property which my cousins r going to sell, no single son of my grandfather is alive they are all expired, myfather is one fm them, he got only daughters withno son. How will be my fathers share from his father will get divided between us, v all r married daughters,as per indian sheikh our counsins will have some share?Plz guide how to distribute my dad’s share

Inheritance

15 Dec

ANSWER: If your grandfather died, only his living sons and daughters would inherit him. Once they themselves die, their children would take their father’s or mother’s share. You will inherit 2/3rd of your father’s share and the rest would go to the next of kin and those are the paternal cousins.

My brother of the same mother passed away some months ago but left two sons, two daughters and a wife behind. Can the parents and brothers have share on his property ?

Inheritance

01 Dec

ANSWER: The parents get 1/6th each The siblings get nothing.

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