Wills and Bequests

• How is the estate of a residential property owned by a deceased person divided, with some of his children residing in it and others living elsewhere, and with the presence of rented apartments? Are the apartments inhabited by the children exempted on the grounds of their expenditure on them and their furnishing? And what is the ruling on a father's promise to one of his children to allocate an apartment to him before his death?

• Is it permissible in Islamic law to keep an inheritance suspended or to refuse to distribute it according to Islamic law in the event of the death of both parents and the presence of many children, and what is the ruling if some of the heirs wish to take their lawful share?

• What is the share of each heir from the estate of a mother, two of whose sons died during her lifetime, and one son and one daughter died after her death, knowing that each of the deceased children has male and female offspring?

• Is Fatwa No. 23167 absolute in stating that a brother who dies before his mother does not inherit from her? And do the sons of the son render their paternal aunts residuary heirs? And how is the mother's inheritance divided between her daughters and the children of her deceased son?

• How is the financial support divided among the children of the deceased husband?

• How is the estate distributed for a husband who died and left a wife and the sons of a deceased brother, then his wife (their paternal aunt) died three days later and she only has two uterine brothers?

• How is the inheritance distributed in the event of a man's death, leaving behind a wife, six daughters, three full brothers, two full sisters, and three sons of a deceased brother?

• If money was collected from benefactors for a sick person to undergo surgery, and the patient died before it was performed, with the money remaining in the possession of those who collected it, does the money become the property of the patient upon its receipt and thus considered part of the estate to be distributed among the heirs, or should the contributors be consulted regarding the fate of the money? Is it permissible to distribute the money according to the wish of each contributor, and what should be done with funds whose owners are unknown or cannot be contacted?

• What is the share of the mother, husband, son, and daughter from an inheritance of 4700 [currency unit] left by a deceased woman, knowing that the son died a month after his mother's death?

• What is the ruling on dividing a grandfather's relinquishment of his share to his deceased son's children (the siblings of the deceased) after his death? Is it "to the male, a portion equal to that of two females" or according to the number of heads?

• Do the gold ornaments that the husband bought for his deceased wife go to the only daughter, who is 23 years old, knowing that the mother always said they were for the daughter after her death, or does the husband have a share in them, and do the wife's siblings have a share in this gold?

• Will God hold a Muslim accountable for injustice and betrayal in matters between him and his Lord, or will He forgive his sin simply by the wronged person forgiving him after his death? And is absolving the deceased's financial obligations the solution to getting rid of the sin?

• Is it permissible to distribute the inheritance prior to death with the consent of all parties, and what is the share of each heir from an inheritance amounting to 33,0, if the heirs are two sons, one daughter, and a wife?

• What is the share of each of the heirs (a sister, three brothers, a mother) in the estate of their deceased unmarried brother, given that the mother died after her son?

• How is the estate of Grandfather Hassan to be divided among his heirs after the death of all his sons, with only his grandchildren remaining (the sons of his deceased son Hussein), clarifying whether the inheritance certificate shows the legal share for each individual?

• Are the children entitled to claim the apartment that the mother donated to a charitable organization, especially since she retained the right of usufruct until death, and the donation was not registered, especially given that the donation was intended to disinherit the heirs and the apartment represented most of the inheritance?

• ما هو نصيب كل وارث من تركة المتوفى، في حال ترك: (2) أبناء، وأم، وبنت واحدة، وترك أباه خارج التركة؟

• How is the estate of an unmarried deceased brother divided when the father's inheritance is being distributed?

• Do we, the grandchildren, have the right to inherit from our deceased grandfather after the death of our father, whose name was not recorded in the certificate of inheritance?

• What is the division of inheritance for an estate amounting to (5,250,0) for a deceased male whose heirs are (4 sons, 3 daughters, and a wife), taking into account a gift of (1,400,0) to one of the sons?

• How is a 400-square-meter house, inherited by five sons and two daughters, to be distributed, given that four of the sons have passed away, one of whom was married and had two daughters, and the remaining heirs are one son, two daughters, and the deceased brother's wife and his two daughters?

• Does the estate of a man who died and has no heirs except two full sisters and the sons of full brothers go to the two sisters or to the sons of his brothers?

• What is the mother's share of her deceased son's inheritance, and what is the share of the parents from the inheritance of their son who died before them, if the grandson was born after the grandfather's death, and then the grandson died?

• Do the children of paternal uncles inherit in the apartment inherited after the death of their ascendants?