Benefiting the Deceased
476 questions
Does a dead person urinating on themselves when the soul exits occur due to the dread of the Angel of Death entering, or due to their inability to control their body? And does this indicate a good or bad ending?
What is the ruling on dividing the estate of the deceased mentioned, what is the share of each heir, and what is the status of the floors built by the sons?
Is a verbal will, which was not written down, in which the grandfather and grandmother relinquished their share in an apartment to their deceased daughter's son and daughter, considered binding on their heirs after their death, and is he who does not abide by it sinful?
Is it permissible to transfuse blood from a deceased person to a living person, or from a brain-dead person, or from a person on the verge of death?
What is the ruling on a grandmother writing an additional portion of inheritance to one of her daughters on the pretext that she was not provided for in her marriage like her sisters, and what is the interpretation of the grandmother's dream of her deceased husband extinguishing a fire while she rekindles it?
ما هي الأعمال الصالحة التي يمكن إهداؤها للمتوفاة، وهل توجد صيغة دعاء معينة قبل أو بعد إهداء الثواب؟
Is it permissible to send the passwords of a deceased person's email account to his wife, after the deceased requested before his death that they be changed due to hacking?
How can one reconcile Ibn Taymiyyah's saying that the deeds of the living are presented to the dead, and that they know yet do not know, with what has been reported that spirits ask the deceased about so-and-so's marriage, which suggests the deceased's lack of knowledge about the deeds of the living?
How is the inheritance divided if the mother dies before the father's estate is distributed?
What is the ruling on disposing of money and real estate acquired partially from unlawful wealth (gains from alcohol) that the questioner's father had taken from his deceased brother-in-law, and what is the ruling on benefiting from those gains over a period of time?
How is the estate of a deceased father divided, taking into account the gifts and grants he specifically allocated to some of his children during his lifetime, and do these gifts count as part of the inheritance or not?
Are the sisters entitled to demand money from the owner or from the sister who bought the deceased mother's apartment, on the grounds that it is an inheritance, and what is the legitimate position regarding this request and regarding accusing the sister of betrayal?
What is the ruling on inheriting rain-fed agricultural lands located outside the organizational boundaries in the Hama Governorate of Syria?
Is holding a memorial service for a deceased person, known for doing good deeds and benefiting people, and aimed at reminding future generations of his works so they may emulate them, considered ostentation (mura'ah) which is forbidden by Sharia?
1. Does the reward for the deeds of a boy, who was raised after the death of his father's friend, reach this deceased guardian, and is the guardian treated like parents in terms of receiving the reward for these deeds, or like other Muslims? 2. Does the son's deeds cease if he dies before his father, in the same way mentioned in the Hadith: "When a person dies, his deeds come to an end"? 3. Is the father not rewarded for the good deeds his son does if the father disapproved of his son doing this good during his lifetime, for example, if he rejected his son's adherence to the Sunnah and Tawhid? Will his son's deeds benefit him after his death despite his rejection of the path of truth? 4. Must the father be a cause for his son's righteousness for him to benefit from his deeds after his death? 5. Is the son's righteousness after his father's death relative, or must it be complete righteousness, meaning full adherence to the rituals, commands, and prohibitions of the religion, or is it sufficient for the son to be within the sphere of Islam to be considered among the righteous?
Is the questioner entitled to reclaim from his deceased brother's heirs the lands he had given to his brother, or to demand compensation from them, based on the fact that one of the plots of land the brother relinquished to the questioner is disputed and was not owned by the brother before his death?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding claiming ownership of the apartments inhabited by male children in their deceased father's house, on the basis that it was a "gift," and consequently taking three times the value of the apartment from their legal share, which may deprive daughters of their inheritance?
How is the inheritance calculated for someone who died leaving: 5 sons, 3 grandsons (sons of sons), 1 daughter, 2 granddaughters (daughters of sons), and 2 wives, with a missing son since 1915 whose news has been cut off for 50 years, and a will stipulating that the grandchildren inherit what their fathers would have been entitled to as if they were alive, according to the Maliki school of thought, taking into consideration the subsequent death of his second grandson (son of a son) leaving a daughter, his mother, and a brother and sister from his mother’s side, and his paternal uncles, then the death of the daughter leaving her divorced mother, her paternal grandmother, and her father’s paternal uncles?
Is the brother entitled to reclaim a piece of land he bought for his deceased brother, which is now registered in the latter's name, or should it be divided according to Sharia among his heirs?
Is it permissible to claim a grandfather's inheritance twenty years after his death, especially if some of the heirs at that time did not pray, and some of them died, while being among those who prayed, and others continued to live in the grandfather's house, knowing that the father and his deceased brothers did not forgive anyone, and that the remaining brothers are not full siblings?
What should a woman do who caused the death of her neighbors' chicken and left it in the sun, and did not inform them, knowing that the owner of the chicken has passed away, but her husband and heirs are still alive, so that her repentance may be complete?
What is the share of each heir from the inheritance between one full brother and two full sisters, knowing that three sisters and one brother of the deceased have passed away?
Is what befell the family a punishment for demolishing the cemetery and building upon it? And is allocating an alternative plot of land as a cemetery sufficient for repentance, or must the house be vacated and the cemetery restored to its original state?
What is the ruling on the money that the deceased woman gave to her daughter a month and a half before her death, and what is the share of each heir (a son and two daughters)?