Benefiting the Deceased
476 questions
Must the sister pay her siblings for purchasing their deceased mother's apartment, knowing that the apartment will be returned to the owner and none of the heirs will buy it?
How is land that the deceased sold before his death and received its price, to be vacated, given the presence of minors and the fact that the power of attorney granted to the seller became void upon its grantor's death?
What is the share of each heir from the inheritance if the deceased passed away and left behind: a mother, a daughter, a grandmother (paternal grandmother), a maternal brother, a full paternal uncle, a paternal uncle, and a full paternal cousin, bearing in mind that the time of the daughter's death is unknown?
Is zakat al-khums obligatory on commemorative, artistic, and archaeological artifacts and inherited items, considering them treasures owned by individuals, knowing that this would achieve social justice and ease the reckoning for the deceased?
What is the Sharīʿah's (Islamic law's) stance on grandparents who do not care for their deceased son's children, leaving them to their mother? And is there a divine wisdom in their inheritance that they should be compassionate towards their grandchildren, care for them, and help the widow in raising them, especially given the close proximity and the good health of the grandparents and paternal uncles?
How is the amount of the obligatory bequest, which is to be returned, divided among the heirs after the death of some of them, and what is the share of each heir?
Is the deceased father's will to allocate one-third of his wealth for the marriage of his minor children after his death valid, and does it clear his conscience, and are the elder siblings obligated to marry off their younger orphaned siblings?
Who inherits a deceased wife who has no children after the death of her husband, and she has a father, brothers, and sisters?
Do the sons of the uncle inherit from their deceased uncle after the death of their father?
Is it permissible for a husband to look at pictures of his deceased wife, including photographs and video clips that show her 'awrah?
Is it permissible for the father's wife to monopolize my deceased father's apartment with a 20-year lease agreement, knowing that my father had gifted her the apartment then retracted the gift before his death? And are we, the heirs, obliged to execute this contract, or do we have the right to claim the apartment?
Does a deceased wife, who has children and a husband, inherit from her living parents' estate?
What is the ruling on the friend's fasting in the story mentioned?
Is it permissible to supplicate to Allah by virtue of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), and is it permissible to seek assistance from the deceased righteous, knowing that Musa (peace be upon him) asked the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) to reduce the number of prayers on the night of Al-Isra wal-Mi'raj?
Must the grandfather's heirs be given a share of the land after it becomes clear that he relinquished it to his deceased son's wife and daughters?
Who are the heirs of a deceased brother who died during the events of Bu Sleem Prison, whose compensation came after the death of his father? Is the inheritance limited to full brothers and the deceased's mother, or does it include all brothers, full and half-brothers?
How is the inheritance of the house distributed, is it based on its value at the time of the father's death or its current value, and do the two wives who passed away before the father have a share in the inheritance, and what is the explanation of the hadith "there is no bequest for an heir"?
Do the children of one of the deceased heirs benefit from the bequeathed commercial endowment (waqf), if the rest of the heirs are still alive?
Is it permissible to place clothing the deceased woman wore before her death under the shroud, even though she was shrouded in five wraps?
Will a son be held accountable on the Day of Judgment if he was unable to re-divide his deceased father's inheritance according to Sharia, and his brothers refused that, while his sisters refused to take their rights unless a comprehensive division was made?
What is the ruling on selling a plot of land inherited from ancestors and not registered in the Real Estate Registry?
Is it permissible to dedicate the reward of reciting the Qur'an to the deceased, and does the reward reach them?
What is the ruling on taking gifted furniture before the death of the donor, if it was not transferred to the donee until after the death, and what is the ruling on disposing of a coat belonging to the deceased by giving it to one of the heirs based on the intention of the deceased without a written will, and is the deceased's desire to distribute her clothes and personal furniture to charities considered a legitimate will despite the absence of a written will?
Is a person resurrected after death in the state in which they died and in the last clothes they wore?