Inheritance

QUESTION: My father bought a land while he was alive and registered it in my brother’s name in order to avoid taxes. Now that my father passed away, my brother won’t split it between the siblings as he claims that the land belong to him. What is the ruling on this?

Inheritance

09 Feb

ANSWER: If the land was only put in your brother’s name to avoid taxes and not genuinely gifted with possession, then it is inheritance and must be divided among all heirs. Your brother keeping it all is haram and unjust and he is a thief for doing this. All what he gets from this land […]

QUESTION: My mother bought a property before marriage with her own money which my father forced her to sell and he bought another apartment with that money. Now that apartment is on rent and my father takes the rent money. Since the property is on my mother’s name, is my father legally and islamically allowed to take the rent himself and not give it to my mother?

Fiqh of Marriage, Inheritance, Islamic economy

18 Jan

ANSWER: If it is in your mother’s name and was bought with her money, he has no right in the rent or in anything related to it.

QUESTION: If dad no longer alive, son’s married off his daughters. Do the daughters have right over the property of dad even after getting married from the brothers expenses. Please give me the answer

Fiqh of the family, Inheritance

23 Nov

ANSWER: Of course they have the right on their father’s property and possessions unless their brother told them beforehand that the money he’s using to get them married off is from their share of inheritance and the sisters had agreed to that.

QUESTION: A son has been very disobedient towards his father and has aided in seperating his parents by taking side of his mother. They don’t want to initiate khula since the wife doesn’t want to lose share in the property. Father is still open to welcome both of them back but if he passes away in such a state he wishes that his son alone be deprived of any share in his property. Is this permissible ?

Inheritance

02 Nov

ANSWER: No, he cannot deprive his son from his god given right, despite how undutiful he is, as this is Allah’s law.

QUESTION: My father passed away and left no will My mother is still alive and my siblings are trying to avoid inheritance tax, by passing down the inheritance to my mother. Is it allowed in Islam for me to agree/sign so that inheritance goes all to my mother

Inheritance

24 Oct

ANSWER: The inheritance must be divided according to Sharia law. If signing this document would allow your mother to distribute it accordingly, there is no problem in this to avoid the tax though I had encountered tens of similar cases where the mother seized all wealth for herself and refused to give her children a […]

QUESTION: I gifted a watch to my father. After some month’s my father passed away. So i can take my watch back? What’s the ruling on this?

Fiqh of the family, Inheritance

31 Aug

ANSWER: No, you cannot take it back! It’s part of his inheritance now

QUESTION: This is regarding my previous question If a person died with debts and he has enough wealth to pay but it is all in form of property and there is no cash.. so the rent that comes from the property should it used to clear the debts or has to given to the heirs to run their house as that is the only source of income..

Inheritance

30 Aug

ANSWER: First the debts must be cleared even if the properties needed to be sold in order to do so

QUESTION: With regard to gifts..A man has 5 kids but 1 of the child doesn’t follow ONLY ISLAM but follows other religions as well..Gifts are property like flat and shop which the child will share with her hindu mother as parents are divorced and the child stays with the mother and refuses to come to the father?so does the person has to gift equally to that child regardless of what is her belief?

Apostasy, Inheritance

13 Aug

ANSWER: No, because if she believes in other religions then she’s an apostate! Such a child won’t inherit from the Muslim parent

QUESTION: Before my father passed away, he told my uncle he didn’t want a share,But now I am responsible for supporting my younger sisters(I’m 25 already). But now my elder sister wants us to claim our share. Is it rightful to do so?

Inheritance

15 Jul

ANSWER: If your father had documented his withdrawal from inheritance or pledged not to have his share in front of 2 muslim male witnesses then you guys can’t claim it.

QUESTION: After my father’s death we discovered he has a 4/5 yrs daughter from an extramarital affair theres no nikah/marriage certificate only birth certificate naming him as the father. Does she have any inheritance rights? Are we obligated to provide for them? Should we offer to take in the child with us? What is the most just, merciful action to protect my father from punishment? Please help.

Illegitimate children & Lost property, Inheritance

30 Jun

ANSWER: If he wasn’t married to her mother and he had never disclosed it or claimed her to be his daughter, she has no right in anything as she was born out of wedlock and is not related to you.

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