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Inheritance of One Son Only

Question

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 - The Information about the missing relatives of the deceased are : 0638202727. Son of the deceased. Brother did not want to give me my share of dad's assets. Brother took dad and made the will without me. - The will which the deceased left behind and that is related to his inheritance is: In the event of my father's death my brother inherits everything. - Additional information : My brother would have inheteted everything that belongs to my father upon my father's death. My brother passed away before my father and about 3 weeks later my father also passed away, do i inherited anything of my father's, being the only sibling left.

Answer

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad  sallallaahu  `alayhi  wa  sallam ( may  Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger.

We did not understand what you stated in the second part of the question, so we cannot give you an appropriate answer to it.

Nonetheless, we will mention two following matters in brief:

Firstly, whoever dies and leaves behind one son only and does not leave any other heir, then the entire inheritance is for this son by Ta’seeb (having a paternal relation with the deceased and not having a specified allotted share). So the son gets, in this case, the entire inheritance.

Secondly, the will which states that the inheritance should be given to some heirs and excludes the others is not valid. This is an unjust will and it is of no consideration. The division of inheritance as prescribed by Allah is more deserving to be implemented.

Allah knows best.

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