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  • His wife wants to make a will of her property to her children

    My wife has self aquired property and wishes to will most of her property during life time as per her choice and also believes in equal share to male and female child. She would like to know if it is Islamically a sin if she does so? Moreover it is not any ancestral property. Is there any difference in sharing of a father's property and a mother's.. More

  • Brothers forcing their married sisters to renounce their shares in inheritance

    We are seven brothers and sisters (4 sisters and 3 brothers). A family feud between brothers and sisters is going on about the distribution of assets. Please guide us in this regard and we will appreciate a Fatwa for the problem. Our father died in 1982. After that, all the matters were handled by our Mother and the eldest brother. At the time of.. More

  • A mother disposing of her daughter’s share of inheritance without her permission

    My wife father died and after 10 years her mother want to sell home of about 60 lacs and to buy another home of 50 Lacs. Daughter is married. Is her mother can sell home without her permission? Is she entitled to to receive any money from 10 lacs saving according to Sharia and how much? Wasalam Mohsin.. More

  • Inheritance of a man who died leaving only daughters

    Why is it that when a man dies leaving only daughters they are entitled to only 2/3 share of his estate and the remainder to his relatives whereas if he has sons they are entitled to the entire estate ?.. More

  • Mother wants to give her inheritance from her husband to her daughters only

    Do granddaughters have any right to assets/property owned by paternal grandfather? My husband's father passed away a few years back. He has left behind 3 sons, 2 daughters and a wife alongwith 4 grandsons - (from sons), 2 grand daughters (from son), 3 grandsons (from daughters), 3 granddaughters (from daughters). broadly, how should his house worth.. More

  • Mother Wants to Gift House to Her Daughter Only

    Man has died leaving wife ,two sons and one daughter and has left a house in wife's name, nothing of the money left was ever shared by sons .Married daughter is living with the mother in father's house .Can the mother gift that house in her life to daughter saying that sons should give up their share as according to her daughter is more needy .. More

  • Sister married and has a share in the house in which her brother lives

    Asalam-o-alaikum I have recently married and live with my husband and his widowed mother and single sister. After his father passed away the inheritance was split between all. The house we live in now is owned by my husband, his sister and the mother with three shares. His sister is now going to be married inshallah. What happens to her share if we.. More

  • How to use a ticket left by his deceased father's friend

    as salam alai kum,i need your help .my father died two months ago ..my fathers friend gave him ticket ,unfortunately he expired .His friend says i can go take the ticket amount and do what i like or give it to poor or what ever i decide .My question is can i use the money for self and i give little out it for poors.its not that my financial condition.. More

  • Money of a deceased person who left no relatives

    When a person who saves money in the house of his friend. Suddenly dead and without any agreement and without leaving behind any relatives or anybody to claim. So what that friend can do he take his money or what?.. More

  • Wants to distribute some of his wealth as charity because wife and daughter do not practice Islam

    Despite repeated persuasion and advise, I could not make my wife and daughter offer regular prayer and are reluctant to practice Islam. I am loosing hope whether they are going to pray for me after my death. View above some time it comes in to mind to distribute substantial amount of my wealth as Sadaqah Jaariya so that it will help me after.. More

  • Dispute over an inherited property

    Hamiduddin Shaykh started business with 2 sons and it was decided in writing that Hamiduddin’s share - 50% and 2 sons will get 25% each. All the accounts and expenses were kept by brother Hamiduddin and both sons’ had no objection. From at least 20-years of business earning they earned their house hold, arranged money for the marriages.. More

  • Wants to sell her deceased husband's house against his written will

    My mother-in-law remarried after her husband died. In his Will and Testimony states that my husband inherits the house. But now that she has remarried, she wants to sell the house. By Islamic Law as far as I'm concerned, she is not allowed to sleep in the house with her new husband and as it states in the Will. But she is still living there and.. More

  • Will left by his father and family member who practices magic

    I have two questions that I would like to get your opinion on. 1) My father has just passed away, he was a man who dedicated his life to educating me and my brothers, and put a great value on education because he was not blessed with it at his youth. During his life he has prescribed an oral will to my mom, this will is to secure an amount.. More

  • Inheritance and lease document

    My father left behind 600 acres of agricultural land and 3000 sq. yards of residential property with a built up house on it. After my father's death, my uncle had the names of my mother and all of her children put on the lease, as rightful successors. The heirs of my late father are his wife (my mother), two sons and four daughters (including.. More

  • Distribution of inherited money

    I am a 32-year old female unmarried Muslim with 3 children from a previous marriage if I inherit a lump sum of money who should I distribute the money among first I have a mother, father, brother, sister (married and in need), sister married and doing good and I am the sole supporter of my children with Allaah's Help first and my parents and family's.. More