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  • The deceased left his gratuity and other monetary deposits

    Assalam u Alaikum Dear Brothers in Islam I have a question regarding my friends brother who recently passed away due to chronic renal failure. He was a Government Servant and when he died naturally he left a lot of income in the form of Gratuity/GP Fund/ Other deposits in the office he was serving. Now my question is what do we have to distribute.. More

  • Donated some of her property to her two young daughters

    my mother passed away,we r 3 sisters and no brother she had her own property which she gave it to me as a "ammanat" for my younger sisters for some specific time,she told me these r gifts from me.no one know about this but us.The other property which my mother had was transferred to us according to the rule of country.but our father took that from us.. More

  • Wants to know how his money will be divided among his heirs

    I want to find out if I have Qr.100,000/- cash as an asset with no loans. I wnat to distribute the same to my legal heirs after my death through shariah law can you define the calculation as per Qur'an and Sunnah. My Family: Father Mother Wife Daughter 1 Daughter 2 Expected Child Brother Brother's Wife nephew My sister 1 (not maintaining.. More

  • Inheritance of three brothers and one sister

    Assalaam Walaikum, My father is eldest among 3 brothers and 2 sisters, all married except one sister, sister who was unmarried died this year, Both sister where 50-50% owner of one flat, alive sister is claiming the ownership of flat and other belongings, Kindly let us know the share according to the islamic sharia for 3 brother and 1 sister.. More

  • A daughter of parental uncle is not among the heirs

    I would like to ask a question about the property distribution of ancestors from the grand mothers (paternal side) cousin, as she was not having any children and now the property share is being distributed after 75 years because of some civil case. In the said period my grand mother and Grand father died before 20 years.. so in this regard I would like.. More

  • Died leaving a wife, two brothers and an adopted daughter

    my uncle in pakistan died . he left behind a wife and an adopted daughter who is married with 3 kids. his widow had to move out of the house because the house had serious construction problems and now residing with her brother. the daughter lives in canada, My aunt is planning to sell her house and get herself a small apartment. now the problem is my.. More

  • There is no will for an heir

    Dear Scholars, Assalaamu-alaiykum, In 1996 before proceeding for Hajj, my father wrote an Inheritance Will (without any Witnesses’ signatures) and also without Civil Court Stamp Paper and Registration requirements. In the Will he divided the House according to property rate during that year (1996) mentioning that after his death the 2 sons will get.. More

  • His father died and left two bank accounts

    بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم My father passed away 3 weeks ago and left behind two bank accounts. One account is a joint account with my mother and the other was in his name only. The question is that is the joint account going to be a part of the inheritance? Can my mother use it for her expenses? Can she pay from this account for the.. More

  • A son does not inherit from his step-mother

    Inheritance - Is the son entitled to any inheritance if his step-mother dies, even though the original wealth belonged to his father. His father did not declare who the wealth should go to when he died, he left behind 10 daughters and 1 son, 7 daughters were from one wife (Wife B) and the other 3 daughters and a son from another wife (Wife A). When.. More

  • Announced in writing his only daughter as a nominee for his inheritance

    As Salam-O-Alaikum My father in law died, leaving a 10 marla house , a car and defense saving/national saving certificates worth 24200000 Rs. He has only one daughter. He left behind a widow (second wife) with no children (she isn’t pregnant). His only daughter is from first wife, who (the first wife) died in my father in law’s life. He (my father.. More

  • Unjust gift and inheritance

    This question is related to property inheritence according to sharia. case is like this-My father is only son of his parents and having two siters, one older and one younger.My grand mother was having one piece of land inherited by his father and during her life time she verbally gifted it to my father and died. My father is having control over it though.. More

  • Inheritance of a wife who remarried after her husband’s death

    Assalamu alaikum, my question relates to inheritance from my father - my father passed away 20 years ago - my mother has now remarried after 20 years, is she still entitled to inherit from my fathers property which has not yet been divided? We are three sisters and do not have any brothers. at the moment my mother has given everything that was my.. More

  • An inheritor dies before the distribution of the inheritance

    My parents have left me inheritance, which hasn’t been distributed amongst my brothers and sisters yet. And if i happen to die before the inheritance has been paid out, then will my kids get the inheritance? .. More

  • Wants to write a will making the share of his daughter like the share of his son

    Al Salam Alikam, We live in USA. My husband has no family here, but has 2 brothers and 4 sisters living back home (Iraq). My family is here. We have 2 kids together (Boy and Girl). My questions are (1) can we write in our will that our Kids will inheritance from us equally? (2) Can my husband request in his will that I and our kids will be the only.. More

  • Registered some property in his wife’s name before her death

    My mother died recently,second wife of my father. My father bought a place for business purpose but named it to my mother. How her belongings i-e property,jewelry,cash others will be distributed among the following descendents 4 sons 1 daughter from my mother 2 daughters from first mother 2 grandsons 3 grandaughters of late son from first mother. Thanks.. More