Benefiting the Deceased
476 questions
What is the ruling on disposing of the income from a residential building that was built in place of an orchard bequeathed by the grandfather for its produce to be spent on a sacrifice for him and his parents, and as charity on the nights of Ramadan's Fridays, knowing that the building's income is much greater than the orchard's income?
How is an inheritance divided between a wife and two full paternal uncles, with a missing full paternal nephew?
Is it permissible to sell land that the deceased willed not to be sold, while distributing the money?
Is it permissible to calculate the inheritance for a woman who passed away leaving behind two daughters, and another heir who is the daughter of her deceased brother, given that the mother had written a will before her death stipulating that the inheritance be divided among the three: the two daughters and the daughter of her deceased brother?
What is the division of inheritance between a son, two daughters, and a full paternal nephew, knowing that the deceased said before his death that his nephew is in the position of his father?
What is the share of each heir from the deceased's estate, and does a full brother inherit his three siblings who died after their father's death alone, and is it permissible to demand a redistribution of the inheritance according to Sharia if it was distributed spontaneously and a Sharia deed was issued that is unsatisfactory to one of the heirs?
What is the Mi'raj that the deceased sees at the time of death, what is its description, and how do the deceased, the Angel of Death, and the soul interact with it?
Am I obligated to break the computer, in compliance with my deceased husband's will, or is it permissible for me to use it for my children's educational needs, given that I previously broke the satellite receiver and the mobile phone, and I have another mobile phone and satellite receiver in the rented apartment?
Is it permissible for the heirs to make their sister, who lived with their deceased mother, swear an oath that she did not seize the mother's money before or after her death?
How is the estate of a deceased person divided among a mother, three sons, and a daughter, taking into account the deceased's will for a prior distribution of the inheritance to some of the sons and the daughter years before his death, and is this prior distribution permissible?
What is the share of the freed concubine mother and the half-siblings from the father's side in the inheritance of a deceased man?
Is it permissible for the children of a deceased son to inherit from their paternal grandfather and grandmother? And is it permissible for a mother to write an apartment in her son's name without her daughters, on condition that he pays them an amount corresponding to their share after her death with their consent, or must she sell it to him for a small price, and do they still have a right in it? And is it permissible for her to gift him this apartment?
Is the claim of disagreement among scholars regarding the performance of supererogatory sadaqat on behalf of the deceased valid, and who is the dissenter in that?
Is it permissible for the mother to sell the farm, and is the sale in this manner religiously sanctioned or void, and do the children have a legitimate right to the farm and the vacant land whose ownership was transferred to the eldest brother, knowing that the deceased sister has not yet received her due?
Is it permissible to request an autopsy of the deceased brother's body two years after his death to ascertain the cause of death, especially given suspicions about his wife, and out of consideration for the mother's feelings?
Does a deceased mother hear her children and know their news in her grave, and is her death in a hospital, without the exact time of death being specified, considered evidence of a bad ending, and is it permissible to cry over her?
Is it permissible for a mother to donate a quarter of her house to her deceased son's children, and divide the remainder equally among her daughters, knowing that she has other sons, and is there any injustice to them in that?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a woman who claims to be the wife of her ex-husband, who passed away years ago, while she is married to another man?
Is it permissible to refrain from benefiting from land that is encumbered with debt, and does the sin fall upon the brothers or upon the deceased father?
What is the interpretation of seeing a deceased mother in a dream accompanying another woman in her bathing place, knowing that this vision differs from ordinary dreams?
How long should the deceased's clothes be distributed, and is it necessary for this to be within three days of his death?
Is it permissible for the grandmother to annul a contract for the sale of land to her deceased son before the full price has been paid, and are her grandchildren (the heirs of the deceased son) obliged to pay one-sixth of the inheritance to the other heirs despite not having received their legitimate share from the land their father purchased, and is it religiously correct that the sons of the deceased son do not inherit from their grandmother?
How is the estate of a man to be divided, who died leaving a living wife, eight children, a grandson (son of a son), a great-grandson (son of a son of a son), and a full brother, knowing that his deceased son's wife is pregnant, and that the deceased had gifted some of his properties to his third wife and some of his children, to the exclusion of others, approximately 10 years before his death? And is this gift considered Islamically permissible?
Is it permissible for the youngest sister to keep her deceased mother's gold, having donated its value on her behalf, given that the divorced sister is demanding the gold, claiming she was not consulted and that she has a share in it?