Benefiting the Deceased
476 questions
Are the heirs obliged to pay money to the sister's husband from the inheritance, after the deceased father reassured him concerning a partner who defrauded them?
Are social security pension funds permissible or forbidden if their source was the deceased father's work in a bank?
Can an orphaned boy, whose father is deceased, who lives with his divorced mother and is not supported by his father, be treated as an orphan, and will his guardian receive the reward of a guardian of an orphan? And does the mere presence of an beardless boy with a teacher, and their interaction, lead to sin, even though the teacher intends nothing but good, and the boy is good-looking, and even though the teacher feared for himself that the boy would become attached to him? And what is the ruling on pre-seminal fluid that is discharged from the teacher while the beardless boy is with him, even though the teacher felt nothing but a strong emotion?
Is the mother sinful for gifting one of her apartments to her daughter without the rest of her male siblings, and how can the inheritance be divided and the matter rectified after the death of one of the children?
Is the contract considered renewed based on the renewal letter signed by the deceased owner, and what is the legitimate ruling when some heirs refuse to renew, even though they do not possess an absolute majority in the leased property?
What is the ruling on a husband keeping the marital home's title deed with his brothers to prevent his wife from acquiring it after his death, and is it permissible for the childless wife to remain in the apartment, or should it be divided among the heirs?
How is the inheritance divided among the wife, the full brother, the four paternal half-sisters, and the maternal half-sister, upon the death of the deceased?
What is the legal ruling concerning a man who married his wife's younger sister after being informed of the death of his wife, who was unjustly imprisoned, and then it became clear that his first wife was still alive after her release from prison?
Is it permissible for a deceased grandmother to donate her share of her deceased son's inheritance to her male grandchildren and for them to benefit from it before her death? And is it permissible to give the value of haram money from usury in the form of a piece of land instead of cash, given that the deceased's estate consists only of agricultural lands?
Is it permissible to make a will in favor of a grandson whose father has died, despite the objection of some heirs to that, and is there a concept of preemption (shufa'a) in Islam, such that the close relative has a prior right to purchase?
Would it be considered an ongoing sin upon the deceased if his children were to open movie channels after his death, even though he forbade that during his lifetime and disavowed anyone who would do so after his death?
Is a layperson obligated to act upon the fatwa of the most reliable scholar, or by inquiring about the most preponderant opinion and acting upon it, especially since "the most preponderant opinion" is closer to what is correct when scholars differ?
Do the children of the endower from other wives have a share in the revenue of the endowment that he designated for his deceased wife and her children?
Do daughters inherit from their deceased grandfather after the death of their father, who died before the grandfather?
What is the share of each heir from the deceased's estate, given that he has: a wife, two full brothers, and two sons of a full brother whose father died before the deceased?
Is it permissible for the sister to demand her share of the apartment that the deceased father registered to his son with a fictitious contract? And should the valuation be on the day of death or on the day of distribution? And is this considered a valid gift or a void contract? And does the son's possession of the apartment suffice in place of the father's verbal acceptance?
Is a person entitled to claim the inheritance of his deceased mother from her maternal uncle, after she inherited from her sisters, knowing that the custom in her tribe prevents inheriting by females?
Is it permissible to take from the deceased father's inheritance to cover the costs of his treatment and death that I paid, before the distribution of the inheritance?
Is it permissible for a mother to sell a house from her deceased husband’s estate to marry off some of the children but not others, and what is the ruling on her action if the money is not used for the stated purpose, and do the remaining heirs have the right, according to Sharia, to demand a redistribution of the house’s proceeds after her death?
What is the share of the brother who did not participate in building the shops, and what is the share of each heir from the shops after the father's death, knowing that the sons inherited from their mother and participated with this inheritance in building on the father's land, and the father participated with a quarter, and the males participated with double the females?
How is the estate of a man who died leaving a wife, three sons, and three daughters to be divided, knowing that the estate is a property consisting of five floors built during the father's lifetime, and a sixth floor built after his death with money from some of the heirs?
Is it permissible to redistribute the inheritance of a father that was distributed during his lifetime with his consent, given that the distribution was not fair, especially to the daughters, and now, after the father's death and the rise in land prices, the sisters are demanding their rightful share, and what is the ideal way to do so, and can they be compensated by some of the brothers if others refuse to redistribute, and what is required to be done towards the deceased father in this regard?
Is the deceased's wife, who remarried after his death, entitled to his pension, and is this pension distributed like an inheritance?
Do grandchildren inherit from their grandfather if their mother died before him?