Gifts and Lifetime Transfers
This subtopic gathers questions on gifts between the living. They concern giving to children equally, taking a gift back, registering property in a relative's name, and final-illness transfers.
Questions readers ask here:
- Is it permissible for a father to register his only house in the name of his only daughter?
- Does the adopted son have a right to the house registered in his name before her death?
- Is a father's equality among his children in distributing his salary considered an injustice to the eldest?
- Is it obligatory to return a wedding gift if the giver demands it back after a dispute?
Bequests after death belong under Wills and Bequests, and inheritance shares under Inheritance.
70 questions
Is it permissible to include the only son as a partner in a third of what the father owns, given that he helps him with the children's needs?
Are minor children entitled to demand the division of the shop outside the scope of the concluded contract, knowing that the father did not do so with his minor children?
Is what the wife requests from the husband—to create a savings account in the names of their two daughters to secure their future—considered permissible as a lawful gift, or is it a circumvention of legitimate inheritance laws? And will these amounts be exempt from the lawful division of the estate after the father's death, especially since the mother will become their guardian?
Is it permissible for a mother to gift half of a house to her son? And would this be considered an injustice to his siblings, given that the house is registered in the mother's name? And is the son obligated to demand his share to avoid disputes, especially since the mother promised him that?
What should the three daughters do if the father creates problems to force them to relinquish the inheritance he wrote for them, knowing that he will deprive them of their inheritance, and that this property is a refuge for one of them, especially since one of them is mentally ill and another is poor?
Is it permissible for a father to assign to each son the floor he built in the building, out of fear that the husbands of his daughters will demand their share after his death? Is that considered unlawful (haram)? If so, how should the building be divided in a way that pleases Allah, in the event that the daughters demand their inheritance?
Is it Islamically permissible for a daughter to donate a portion of the land inherited from her father to her siblings from her mother's side?
What is the ruling on transferring a commercial shop investment license from the father's name to his sons' names, if the shops are not owned by the father but he possesses the right to invest them, and the sons claim that they spend on their father from its income after the father has become old?
What is the ruling on a husband who gives his wife money and then takes it back from her without her knowledge or consent?
Is it permissible to refuse a gift if one does not need it, even if it is beneficial and aligns with the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?
Is a woman sinful if she gifts money inherited from her husband to her sister's son and daughter whom she raised, given the presence of well-off brothers and sisters and the woman having no children of her own?
Is it permissible for a father to refuse to expedite his daughter's share of inheritance, on the pretext that he might fall ill and who would take care of him, knowing that he has other sources of income and that his daughter is suffering from difficult living conditions?
What is the ruling on taking money from friends and female relatives to buy food, water, and mobile phone recharge cards without returning it, given that they give the money willingly?
Is it permissible for a brother to give a gift to his sister to the exclusion of his other siblings?
Is it permissible for a father to buy a car for his son from inherited wealth and register it in the son's name?
What is the ruling on a father singling out some of his children for a gift to the exclusion of the others?
Is it permissible for one sister to pay a sum of money to her mother for the purchase of a new appliance for another sister, given that the sister paying the money is content, but the sister benefiting from it is not convinced?
Is it permissible for a mother to tear up a partnership contract between her and her son and waive her right to a pharmacy to ensure his equality with his other siblings whom she has financially assisted, while neglecting her only daughter from this assistance?
Is the money that a man I once loved sent me as a gift and blessing after my marriage permissible for me, knowing that I have already spent it?
What is the ruling concerning the garment brought by the brother from his travel, and is it permissible to wear it, knowing that another brother gave a second garment to the uncle without the knowledge of the first?
Is it permissible or forbidden for a mother to waive her share of the the house to her son, even if the rest of the siblings do not object?
What is the difference between the permissibility of gifting to children during one's lifetime and the Prophet's (PBUH) refusal to witness a gift of "injustice" to one child without the others?
How does a father divide the gift of his properties among his children (two sons and a daughter), and is it obligatory to apply the rule "to the male, what is equal to the portion of two females"? If so, can the males voluntarily relinquish a portion of their share to their sister, and how should the gift contract be drafted in this case?
Is the division made by the father during his lifetime regarding his estate, in which he allocated agricultural land and an old house to some of his children, and divided another house in Sana'a among five people (the father and his four sons), and assigned the father's share (one-fifth) to his nine daughters and his wife, valid and Sharia-compliant, or must the estate be divided according to Sharia law?