Inheritance

QUESTION: If two gets married and suddenly one day the husband leaves the house and his wife without any explanation. For many years No one knows where he is, he’s missing. Can the woman (wife) get married again to someone else while the husband is gone? Not sure if he is dead or not.

Fiqh of Marriage, Inheritance

04 May

ANSWER: She cannot get remarried while her husband is still alive. She must approach the Islamic court and file for a missing person’s case and they would work with the authorities. If proven that he is missing, they would issue a document that he is dead and his inheritance would be distributed and she can […]

QUESTION: According to Islamic inheritance laws, my father is deceased, and my brother passed away before him. Do the children of my deceased brother inherit from my father? If yes, how much share do they receive

Inheritance

19 Apr

ANSWER: If your brother passed away before your father, your brother’s children will not inherit your father’s inheritance.

QUESTION: Can you use someone’s wealth after they pass away to do hajj for them?

Hajj and Umrah, Inheritance

19 Mar

ANSWER: This is not permissible as the money now belongs to the heirs of the deceased. If they all agree to take a portion of it to perform hajj if he did not perform his fard hajj, this is fine.

QUESTION: To follow up my previous question, my father passed away 2 years ago, dividing his property between me and my siblings. My husband calculated my share under Sharia law and felt I got less. My mother and siblings insist it’s correct and refused to give more. Upset, my husband became estranged from them and forbids me from meeting them. What should I do?

Fiqh of Marriage, Inheritance

18 Jan

ANSWER: He has no right in getting upset, none whatsoever! This is something between you & your family, he has no say in this! As I mentioned before, no husband would do such a thing and behave in such a fashion unless he has an eye on his wife’s wealth. His wife is usually following […]

QUESTION: Do I still need to be good to my sibling if they have robbed me and my other siblings of their inheritance

Dealings and Attitudes with Relatives, Fiqh of the family, Inheritance

22 Nov

ANSWER: Allah obliged us to maintain ties of kinship for His sake while acknowledging that their treachery and theft will not go without punishment on the day of judgment Therefore, do your duty and anticipate Allah’s vengeance

QUESTION: My parents lived with my brother for years. Now, my dad wants to give him the money from selling his property to cover expenses. Is this fair, since another brother disagrees?”

Fiqh of the family, Inheritance

15 Oct

ANSWER: If your father wants to contribute in the house expenses then this is permissible But giving him a gift without giving the same to his other children is not permissible & one of the major sins in Islam

QUESTION: Can a father or a mother disown his or her childeren in islam?

Fiqh of the family, Inheritance

28 Aug

ANSWER: They can boycott them if they want, if the children had committed something heinous in Islam that calls for that. However, they can’t prevent them from inheriting them after their death as long as they are Muslims.

QUESTION: A man has a wife, 3 brothers, a sister and a step brother and a step sister(from same father but from different mother), a son and a daughter. The man’s parents, both of them are dead. So what will the share of inheritance between the family after the man dies?

Inheritance

22 Apr

ANSWER: His wife will get 1/8 Rest is divided into 3 portions, son gets 2 portions and the daughter gets 1 portion. His siblings get nothing since his son blocks everyone else.

QUESTION: If a mom doesn’t willingly share her husband’s inheritance with her children is she sinful and what should the children do to get their fair share without violating anyone’s rights?

Inheritance

14 Feb

ANSWER: She is sinful for depriving her children from their rights that Allah has awarded them. If she is defiant and insisting on not giving it to them, they can go to court and get it by force

QUESTION: What is the sharia ruling of inheritance for children when the property is registered on wifes name but if was bought by his husband .. and the husband has other childrens from another wife ..

Inheritance

09 Feb

ANSWER: If it was a gift to the wife and was registered in her name then it’s her property and no one has any right on it. But if it was his property and was only registered in her name to avoid taxations or any legal issue, this belongs to his wealth and she has […]

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