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  • Division of inheritance that includes gift

    Assalaamu alaykum. Please calculate the inheritance according to the following information: - Does the deceased have male relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A son) Number 2 - Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A daughter) Number 5 - Additional information: We are two brothers and five sisters. One brother and.. More

  • Mother excluded her from her will

    Assalaamu alaykum. Please calculate the inheritance according to the following information: - Does the deceased have male relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A son) Number 1 - Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A daughter) Number5 - Additional information: My mother passed away in July 2015. She has five daughters.. More

  • Father gave gift to one child and bequest to other two

    My father had two sons and a daughter and passed away. While alive, he gave my brother his share, which is a plot of land just besides his house. My brother constructed his house there. He told us to divide his house equally between my sister and myself (son) after his death. I have a few questions: 1. Can parents make a will regarding their heirs;.. More

  • Post-mortem work benefits part of estate

    Assalaamu alaykum dear Brothers and Scholars. My question is the following: my governemental organization compels their employees to select only their wife as next of kin if they are married; however, they can select their parents as next of kin if they are not. So in case one of their employees passes away, the next of kin gets a financial advantage.. More

  • Deceased made will that his sons and daughters receive equal shares of inheritance

    Assalaamu alaykum. Please calculate the inheritance according to the following information: - Does the deceased have male relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A son) Number 4 (A grandson [from the son]) Number 4 (A son of the son's son) Number 2 (A nephew from a full brother) Number 3 - Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to.. More

  • Disputes should be raised to Islamic Court

    My grandfather had six children (two sons and four daughters). My father was his second child and the eldest son, my grandfather had purchased agricultural land in the name of my father and it was given on contract to farmers from the time that it was purchased. My father was the only one who was collecting the money from the farmers and he used to.. More

  • Mother wants to take her children's share in their father's inheritance

    Assalaamu alaykum. My question is the following: my sister purchased a house with my dad a few years ago. My dad passed away two years ago. The house has just been sold now. My sister has taken her half share of the money as it was purchased jointly with my dad. The other half belonged to my dad, who is no more. Should she distribute our dad's share.. More

  • Unmarried children not entitled to extra share of inheritance for marriage expenses

    Assalaamu alaykum. My Question is the following: Mr. A had 3 sons and a daughter. Mr. A bore the expenses of marriage for his two elder sons before his death. After A's death, his two elder sons claimed that since the father had borne the expenses during his lifetime, it was a gift and the younger brother and sister have no right to claim any expenses.. More

  • None of the heirs has the right to delay division of inheritance

    Assalaamu alaykum. We are four brothers and three sisters in Pakistan. After the death of our parents, we need to sell the house, but one of my sisters refused to sell the house without any reasonable reason. She said that she is not interested in selling the house. It seems like she does not want anyone else getting their part of their inheritance.. More

  • Division of estate that sons contributed to building with their father

    Respected Sir, I have two points to ask with respect to our joint family dispute: 1. We are three brothers with the same parents, and all of us are married and employed with different employers. We have two houses, one being constructed by our father, and for the other house, the contribution of one brother is 70%, and the remaining contribution was.. More

  • Inheritance must be divided according to the sharee'ah under all circumstances

    Assalaamu alaykum, dear scholar. Allaah Almighty taught us about inheritance in the Quran. Because of the many responsibilities of men and the fact that women do not have such financial burden, daughters would at times receive less. However there is an increasingly common problem faced in many Muslim families at present where the sons have ceased to.. More

  • The inheritance of what is built on borrowed land

    A man had son and daughters. A piece of land was in the name of his son. The father intended to construct a house on this land. Before constructing the house, he told his son to transfer the land in the name of the father and that afterwards, after passing away, the whole land and house would belong to that son only. The son transferred the land in.. More

  • A living person should not preoccupy himself with the division of his estate

    Assalaamu alaykum. Please calculate the inheritance according to the following information: - Does the deceased have male relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A father) - Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A mother [of the deceased]) (A full sister) Number 2 - Additional information: Assalaamu alaykum. This is for.. More

  • Dividing one's property while in sound health is giving a gift, not division of inheritance

    Praise be to Allaah, may Allaah bless the brothers behind this noble site, as you are an authentic source for us to gain sharia knowledge. My question is the following: my cousin owned property worth millions (75% inherited from his father and 25% self-earned). He only has four daughters (all of them married with children), he also has seven brothers.. More

  • Helping his father in business does not entitle son to a greater share in inheritance

    Inheritance in the sharia: I am the eldest son of my father and started to help him in the business (factory) at the age of 14 and did hard work to make the business grow. I have 4 younger bothers and 7 younger sisters. All of them are married now. I am the only one who was involved in my father's business. My younger brothers started their own business,.. More