Gifting something to only one child and not to the other children

Q: My husbands mother has gold that she gifted to my husbnad and my husbands big brother. She has some more gold which she was given by my husbands father. But my husbands mother gave all her gold to her youngest son and did not give any of her other three sons. She has 4 sons. Is it permissible in Islam?

A: This is not fair.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

 

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)