Islam Question and Answer - Inheritance and distribution of the estate

Sat 15/7/1434 - 25/5/2013

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Inheritance and distribution of the estate

1	Her married brother died before her father died; who has the right of inheritance after the death of her father?.	197852
2	What should he do about his paternal uncle who unlawfully took his house that he inherited from his father, and he cannot do anything about it?.	197651
3	He does not have any children and he wants to give his wealth to his wife and his brother’s daughter and donate the rest to charity.	197280
4	How can the daughters of the deceased be given their shares of the inheritance fifteen years after the death of their father?.	194322
5	Their father died and left them a house and a tailor shop; how should the estate be divided among them?.	193698
6	How should they divide the house that they have inherited? They worked to complete it, some of them spent on construction and some spent on finishing it.	193143
7	She died and left behind two daughters, a sister and a nephew (brother’s son).	192740
8	They inherited wealth from their father and invested it in some business; how should they pay zakaah?.	189181
9	If he dies and leaves behind a father, mother, Christian wife, and brothers and sisters both full- and half-siblings, who among them inherits from him?.	185199
10	Does he have the right to take possession of a house that was bought with his money that he used to send to his mother?.	184706
11	He built an apartment over his father’s house with his own money; do the heirs have any right to it?.	184120
12	He died and left behind a wife, three sons and five daughters.	178458
13	Do their daughters have a share of the inheritance if they have no need of it?.	178371
14	He died and left behind a son and six daughters.	177833
15	He wants to share out his money between his two young daughters because he fears that his heirs will be unjust to them.	174779
16	He died and left behind a wife, his parents, a son and daughter.	171811
17	A man and his wife, son and daughter died in an accident; how should their estates be divided?.	170244
18	If a woman dies and leaves behind full siblings or half siblings through the mother.	166553
19	Can he divide his estate among his heirs when he is sick?.	164375
20	Their parents made bequests before they died stating that the estate was to be divided in a specific manner; do they have to follow that?.	161164

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