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
Should the will of a father who discriminated between his sons and daughters in gifts and endowments be followed? Are these endowments considered an inheritance to be divided? Is it permissible to delay the division of the inheritance if some heirs object? Is it permissible to resort to man-made courts to resolve the dispute?
Is the possession of a house, land, and half of the furniture from the aunt during her lifetime and without a will considered a deprivation of the heirs?
Is it permissible for the husband to reclaim the gifts he presented to his wife, her family, and others, and is he obliged to seek their recovery, and is one who refuses to return his gift after becoming aware of the situation sinful, especially since the husband gifted his wife gold from money that was later found to be the result of a fraud operation, and the husband is now seeking to clear himself of responsibility for those funds?
Is it permissible for a mother to gift some of her property to some of her male children without the consent of her daughters, and are the children entitled to claim the remainder of the inheritance?
Is the car owned by the minor sister or by the family, and how should it be dealt with if it is her property, knowing that the purchase price which led to obtaining the raffle coupon was joint money?
Is it permissible for a father to write over his properties to his daughters out of fear for them, given that his money is intermingled with his working wife's money?
Does the sister and her children have the right to own most of the husband's wealth that he bestowed upon them before his death, and what is the ruling of Islamic law on that?
What is the Sharia ruling on the action of a mother who wrote to her son a portion of the house that his father had written to her before his death, and refused to give her daughter anything from it except after her death, justifying this by saying that her son is the one who spends on her?
What is the ruling on giving a gift to someone on their occasion if I have nothing on hand, knowing that they previously gave me a gift on my occasion, and it is the custom of my village to exchange gifts?
Must the children return the house to their mother after she had gifted it to them, on the pretext that this is a will from her that must be carried out, and that failure to do so will expose her to torment?
Is it permissible for the husband to register the house and car in the wife's name from their joint property?
What is the ruling on a man writing all his property to his son, to the exclusion of his daughters, except for one orchard which the daughters refused to accept?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a father who bequeaths all his possessions to his children from a second wife, thereby disinheriting his children from the first wife without cause, and is it permissible to boycott him and not visit him while he is bedridden?
What is the legitimate Islamic solution to avoid any violation of Sharia in the event that the son rebuilds his parents' house at his own expense while both parents are still alive and he has brothers and sisters?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a mother's refusal to give her daughter anything from a house she inherited from her husband, claiming it is registered in her name, even though she did not pay any money for it, and knowing that she gifted her other son an apartment, a shop, and another property?
Is it permissible for a father to gift a car to one of his sons because he named his newborn after the father, knowing that he did not give gifts to his other married sons who had previously named their newborns after him?
Is it permissible for a father to favor one of his children in giving due to their filial piety and distinction?
Is it permissible, in Islamic law, for a man to bequeath all his property to his two daughters, to the exclusion of his brothers and sisters, on the grounds that they are not in need and are financially capable?
Is it permissible to favor one child over others in gift-giving, and does the ruling differ if the favoritism is due to the child's good character and obedience to his parents?
What should I do about my brothers demanding the sale of my sisters' apartment to cover the construction costs of my mother's house, which was built on top of my house, and their threatening me with my mother's wrath if I refuse, especially after I donated my own money to cover the construction costs in an attempt to spare my sisters this harm?
Is it permissible for a man to register a portion of his property in his wife's name to secure her future and that of their children, and would this affect the inheritance in the event of his death, given that his father is alive?
Is an employed sister entitled to claim full ownership of an apartment in exchange for a sum of money less than half its value, after the mother reneged on her promise to deed the entire apartment to her?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a father who gifts his only house to his university-student son, given that neither he nor his son has any other dwelling, and considering that he has other wealthy children from a previous wife who have severed ties with their father?
Is it a condition for a gift to be valid from a husband to his wife that the husband permanently or temporarily leave the house he gifted to his wife? If so, where would he live? Is it permissible for the wife to reside in the house her husband gifted to her? Is there a difference of opinion on this matter? What is the ruling on the husband living in his wife's house which she owns?