Q: What are the shares of inheritance of a son, a daughter, a father and a mother for a deceased wife? A: If a woman dies leaving behind both parents, a son, and a daughter then the entire estate must be divided into 18 equal shares. The father will get 3 shares, the mother 3 […]
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Q: My nephew died recently leaving a wife and no children, one brother, two sisters, and two uncles (father’s brothers). How should the estate be distributed? A: If these are the only heirs, and the brother and sisters are full brothers and sisters, the estate will be distributed as follows: The wife will get 25%.
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Q: A person died leaving no parents, no grandparents, one wife, 2 sons and 7 daughters. How should his estate be distributed? A: The wife will get 12.5%. The remainder 87.5% will be divided into 11 shares. Each daughter will get one share and each son will get two shares.
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Q: Our parents left behind 10,000,000 rupees. We are 6 brothers and 2 sisters all married. How do we distribute the amount? A: The cash in the estate as stated by you is 10 million rupees (10,000,000) This sum will be divided as follows: Each son will receive 1,428,571.40 rupees (one million, four hundred and
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Q: Can grandson acquire share from the inheritance of his grandfather if his father dies before his grandfather? A: If the grandfather had no other children at the time of death, then the grandson will inherit. In the presence of children, grandchildren do not inherit And Allah Ta’ala knows best Mufti Siraj Desai
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Q: Father passed away leaving wife, 2 sons and 4 daughters. can you please tell me how much money each will receive if we sell property for two hundred thousand pounds? A: The division of the above mentioned estate will be as follows: The wife will receive 25,000 pounds (which is 12.5%); Each son will
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Q: My father died and left an unIslamic will. The sons inherited everything and the daughters got nothing. The sons do not want to distribute the estate according to sharia (Islamic law) at all. What is the punishment for such brothers who usurp the shares of other heirs and what should be done? A. You
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Q: A man died leaving no parents, no grandparents, one wife, 3 sons and 7 daughters. How should his estate be distributed? A. The wife of the deceased will receive 12.5% of the estate. The three sons will divide 40.38% equally among themselves, and the seven daughters will divide 47.12% equally among themselves. Moulana Yusuf
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Q: My brother passed away before my father. Do my late brother’s children inherit from my father? A. As long as children are alive, grandchildren will not inherit. Since you survived your father and will inherit from his estate, none of the grandchildren will inherit; not your brother’s children, nor your own children. And Allah
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Q: A man buys a home and does renovations to it. He builds another house and only a wall separates the two houses but the houses are on one property. The man passes away and leaves a son and daughter. With regards to the property, must the son pay the daughter out her share or
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