Naming Children
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Does Islamic law permit a husband to remove his 9-year-old orphaned stepdaughter, who has been living with him since she was 4 years old, from her mother and siblings to live with her grandmother, knowing that he does not provide for her, and that one of the mother's conditions for marriage was her daughter's continued presence with her? What drives him to do this is the girl's past health conditions that affected the household's routine, and his fear of that recurring, in addition to her being infected with a virus that could expose her siblings to infection despite the mother's precautions, and knowing that the mother suffers from this behavior and the child's strong attachment to her?
Will the son who registered the property in his name after the father's death inherit with the rest of his siblings from what remains of the estate, and is the registration of the house after the father's death considered a will, a gift, or a donation, and what is the difference in each case?
Is the apartment that I built with my own money on my deceased father's land my property or that of all the heirs, and how is the inheritance divided among the heirs (wife, two sons, two daughters)?
How is the inheritance divided among: a wife, one son, three daughters, and two sisters from the father's side?
Is it permissible for children to waive their share of their father's apartment to their mother with the intention of deferring this share until after her death, while retaining their right to claim it later from her estate?
How much does each heir inherit from the deceased's estate if he left behind: 3 sons, 4 daughters, and 1 wife?
Does the divorce issued by the husband from another country to his wife count as a third divorce during her menstrual period, and is their relationship after that considered adultery? Is the wife sinful for leaving her children with their father while sending him messages to guide him regarding them? What should she do to prove the divorce, and is it permissible for her to file a lawsuit against him, and is she sinful if she remarries and leaves her children with him?
What is your opinion on names such as "Saleh," "Ali," "Maryam" (meaning "worshipper"), and "Sa'd," knowing that they carry commendation or may evoke pessimism, and that you have disliked names like "Iman," "Islam," and "Rahmah" for the same reasons?
Is it permissible, Islamically, to draw up a written declaration of an irrevocable, final divorce, along with a waiver of child custody to the mother and grandmother, in order to avoid the evil of the husband who abuses his wife, knowing that he had divorced her once and then took her back during her 'iddah? And what is the Shariah-compliant wording for this declaration to ensure the wife is not forced to return to him?
Is my sister entitled to inherit the house in which my father housed me, or should I waive my share in a piece of land belonging to my father?
What is my fault and what is my right, and am I truly disobedient to my mother who is stubborn with me and describes me as disobedient, knowing that I was dutiful to her before my marriage, and is there a conclusive answer regarding the stubbornness of parents with their children?
What is the share of each heir from the inheritance if the deceased left behind four sons, three daughters, and a wife?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding the wealthy and miserly father's expenditure on his infant child and the child's mother? And is his procrastination in paying the maintenance and his deliberate absence from the Shaykh's appointments considered an evasion of the ruling?
What is the wisdom behind specifically mentioning "and upon the father is their provision and their clothing according to what is reasonable" (2:233), even though provision and clothing are generally obligatory upon the husband for his wife?
What is the share of the deceased wife, and the share of the three children (a son and two daughters) from the inheritance?
How is inheritance divided among a mother, four sons, and six daughters?
How is land divided among brothers and sisters in the presence of the parents, after one of the brothers was unable to utilize it?
How can one deal with the obsessive thoughts of clothes and belongings being contaminated with a child's blood, especially after learning that blood is impure and storing winter clothes without washing them, given that the patient already suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder?
What is the share of each heir from the inheritance in the presence of: 3 sons, 6 grandsons, a full brother, a full brother's son, a daughter, 5 granddaughters, and a wife?
What is the share of each heir from the inheritance if a man dies and leaves behind: a mother, a son, 4 daughters, a maternal brother, and a maternal sister?
How is inheritance divided among the father, mother, wife, son, daughter, full brother, two full sisters, paternal brother, paternal sister, three maternal brothers, three maternal sisters, two sons of the full brother, ten sons of the paternal brother, full paternal uncle, ten sons of the full paternal uncle, and ten sons of the paternal uncle?
When is a mother considered a wet nurse, and are there conditions for this, such as a specific number of sucklings or a certain amount of milk, and do all the siblings of the infant become siblings to the children of the wet nurse?
How is the estate of a man who died leaving behind a wife, seven full siblings (two sisters and five brothers), and three half-siblings from the father's side, with no children, divided?
Is it permissible to assist the mother of the slain person financially to find out who killed her son, given that her son had previously killed his wife and was imprisoned, then he was killed by the brother of his slain wife, and the mother of the slain person is seeking Allah's law?