Wills and Bequests
88 questions
Is it permissible for a woman to return to her husband the properties (real estate and investment certificates) that he had gifted to her, after her death, by writing a will to that effect?
Is it permissible to execute the mother's will to allocate one-third of the money to the youngest brother and spend the rest on the funeral and burial, or is all the money considered an inheritance from which nothing can be spent on the funeral?
"What is the ruling of Islamic law on depriving heirs of their inheritance and distributing the estate to Islamic charities to atone for sins, for fear of the temptation of wealth for them, even though they are well-off? "
What is the legal distribution (Qismah Shari'ah) in a case where a sister bequeathed her apartment to her nieces and nephews (the male receiving the same as the female) and disinherited her brother, while at the same time she bequeathed her share of a house to her brother and disinherited her nieces and nephews? Is this distribution permissible? And what should she do to avoid the wrath of her Lord and her relatives?
Is a father's bequest of a car to his son, in exchange for the son paying a certain amount to the mother, a valid Islamic will, and does it entail sin?
What is the ruling on a man bequeathing a sum of money for the soul of his mother, while he has two married daughters?
Is it permissible to carry out the deceased's will to allocate 50,0 [currency units] to each of the three unmarried children to cover their marriage expenses before dividing the inheritance, and to postpone the division of the house until the mother's death, with the mother remaining in it?
Do the brothers and sisters of the deceased inherit what their father inherited from their deceased brother's wealth, and what is their share, and does the financial grant or gift that devolved to the deceased after his death fall within the estate?
How do I prove a will made for my great-grandfather?
Is it Islamically permissible for a second wife to stipulate in her will that her entire inheritance goes only to her children, to the exclusion of her husband, and does the ruling differ if there are family disputes that she fears might harm her children's inheritance?
Do the deceased's two granddaughters—the daughter of the previously deceased son and the daughter of the previously deceased daughter—automatically inherit by obligatory bequest, or is it a condition for their bequest that the deceased explicitly wills it? And is the deceased's statement "Take care of so-and-so" or "Keep an eye on her" regarding her deceased daughter's daughter considered a will that necessitates a share in the inheritance?
What is the share of each heir from the inheritance if a man dies leaving three sons, three daughters, and a pregnant wife who gave birth to a daughter after his death?
How is the inheritance distributed for a deceased person who has two full brothers, three full sisters, a mother, and two wives (one of whom has half the house registered in her name), and a pension, and has no children?
What is the ruling on dividing an inheritance among a pregnant mother, two sons, two daughters, two grandsons (sons of a son), two granddaughters (daughters of a son), two great-grandsons (sons of a grandson), and two full brothers, given the existence of a son who has been missing for 20 years due to war?
How is the inheritance of a house divided among a wife, three sons, and five daughters, with one of the sons financially compensating the daughters without selling the house?
What is the ruling on selling and distributing a building that the deceased bequeathed not to be sold or divided, designating its rent for the needy, in addition to giving his sisters sums from the inheritance, knowing that the will was found two years after the testator's death and the distribution of the inheritance among the sons?
Do the deceased's niece (daughter of his deceased sister), paternal aunts, and maternal aunts have a share in the inheritance?
How is the inheritance divided among the father, mother, full brother, and full sister, and who has the right to the rental value of a house rented out by the deceased?
Is the inheritance to be divided before or after the death of the father's full brother (paternal uncle)?
Are girls entitled to claim the house that their father verbally bequeathed to them in the presence of witnesses, or does a verbal will not apply in the division of inheritance?
Am I obligated to return the money I took from one-quarter of my father's estate, which was bequeathed for charitable deeds and the needy, knowing that I took it due to my need to build my home?
What is the share of the mother, the wife, seven sons, and four daughters from the inheritance after the death of their father?
How is the property of a deceased woman, who owns no real estate and has no desire for anyone to inherit from her wealth, to be divided among her mother, four brothers, three sisters, and ten nephews (sons of a full brother)?
How is inheritance divided among three wives, one of whom gave birth to a daughter, ten sons, nine daughters, and a maternal half-brother?