What is the Sharia ruling regarding money left by the father to his daughter in her name, excluding the rest of the heirs, and is it a division of inheritance or a gift, knowing that the money was in the Egyptian Post Office and had usurious interest, and the daughter received it while she was a minor, and later transferred it to another bank, and did not pay zakat on it? And what is the ruling on the paternal aunt selling items belonging to the father and giving them to a half-brother, in addition to a sum of money left by the father for his other daughter?
Favoring one child over others in giving gifts is not permissible unless the rest of the children consent. If the father dies without rectifying this gift, the favored child must establish justice and give to his siblings, unless they consent to him being favored. Money deposited in the post office account is explicit usury, and the usurious interests added to the money before the father's death, if he was unaware of its prohibition, are permissible for him and for his heirs after him. However, if he was aware of its prohibition, then it is impermissible for him, though the correct view is that it is permissible for the heirs. Usurious interests added to the money after the father's death must be disposed of by giving them to the poor or spending them on general Muslim welfare. Zakat must be paid on the original permissible capital for the past years after the bank freeze was lifted and the money became disposable, provided that each heir's share reaches the nisab. One must seek absolution from the siblings for what was taken from the original capital. The grandmother's gift to your paternal aunt, if she was of sound mind and health, is permissible, unless she favored her over her other living children. In that case, the aunt must include the money in the inheritance to be divided among all the grandmother's heirs. If the gift was given while she lacked discernment, it is not valid. What the paternal aunt gave to the half-brother is counted from his share of the inheritance. If the father dies and leaves behind a mother, two wives, four sons, and one daughter, the inheritance is divided as follows: the mother receives one-sixth, the two wives share one-eighth, and the remainder goes to the children, with the male receiving the share of two females.
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