Inheritance

Q: My father had passed away and I being his daughter is entitled to inherit from his possession. My father left a large sum deposited in the bank that earned him compound interest annually, he officially was on a job, and earned a modest salary out of which any surplus over domestic expenditure was again deposited. By compound interest, I mean, any interest that was earned on the sum was added to the principal amount so that the next interest receipt could be claimed on the greater sum. After his demise, now any interest earned is brought into use by my mother and sister for their expenditure and for Zakaat purpose, no compounding therefore, now takes place. Before, however, during his lifetime, all his money was diluted with the interest receipts. I want to know whether it is permissible for me to claim my part of inheritance from this interest diluted money? Provided, If any money comes to me, it will no longer be used to earn interest. However, untiI I don't get my part it will remain deposited to earn interest and the money is expected to arrive to me in a few years. Can I receive all my part of inheritance and use it for my means?

Q: I have a question and need an answer according to Islamic Shari'ah. My father died in 1992 and he inherited one small house. We are 3 brothers and 1 sister living in joint family. My elder brother worked and earned money for home running and also we received an amount from a good person on monthly basis as charity for me, my younger brother and sister (not elder brother due to his age fit for working). We lived and covered the expenses from these incomes. When this charity income stopped, I started teaching for living. Later on I joined a private company and earned lots of money and built a new house. We all shifted to that home and lived for 7 years and I covered all home expenses, mother, brothers, sister including whole family of my elder brother in which there are 5 children aged 5 years. Now we want to divide the property which is the new house built by me in 2013 after my father's death and the old house inherited by my father. Can this new house also be divided in brothers and sister or just we need to divide the house inherited by my father. I mean the new house amount was fully earned all by me and cannot be divided because this is my self earned amount not inherited by my father. My brothers say that all property will be equally divided, but I say that only my father's property will be divided and the rest is self earned property of mine after several years of my father's death. Please let me know the solution for the property division which is earned by brothers not inherited by father. Do my brothers and sister have a right in the property which I have self earned after my father's death or they only have right in the property which my father has inherited?

Q: I have a question regarding inheritance. If someone could please kindly answer. I would be most grateful. A father has 5 children, 3 sons and 2 daughters. His house is in his ownership. he makes a verbal arrangement amongst some family members that this house belongs to one of his sons, although by law he does not transfer the ownership of the house to that son during his lifetime. The mother insists that even though the father is still alive , the son to whom the house is promised after the fathers death must pay his younger brother his share of the value of the house. Regarding the 3rd remaining brother it is verbally decided that he will not receive any share of the value of the house as his parents have already financially helped him. Furthermore it is agreed that the two daughters will not inherit and they both verbally express they forgo their right of any inheritance in favour of two of their brothers. If you could please give me the Islamic ruling on the validity of all this.

Q: What will be the shares in the following situation:

4 - daughters

3 - brothers

Q: What happens to a person that has passed away but left a will that is not according to Shariah?

Q: How will the distribution of the estate be made in the following two situations?

1.

1-husband

3-sons

4-daughters

2.

1-father

3-brothers

4-sisters

Q: My mother before she passed away did not clarify the money she gave to save my brother's house from being repossed as a gift or a loan, what happens? Does the money go into the estate because there was no confirmation what ther intention was when she gave him the money?

Q: Kindly assist me with the percentage distribution for the following estate:

Case 1 . Husband – Passed away

Wife

Daughter

Daughter

Husband has one surviving sister

Case 2 . Wife – Passed away

Husband

Daughter

Daughter

One surviving brother

Q: Is it correct for a father to dispose of his wealth to his only son, as in put everything into his sons name before he dies because he does not wish his wife or three daughters to inherit his vast amount of wealth. Also, is it correct to give your three daughters and one son according to Shar'iah when you are still alive? Is it correct to treat your daughters as a burden and say they are entitled to nothing because of they are married. Furthermore, Allah has blessed this father with so much wealth that he humiliates his son in-laws, lies and causes family divisions between the brother and sisters. I have never embarrassed my father or ever claimed the truth from anyone. He has lied about my husband. I always say Allah will give me justice. But now my father wishes to take my sister and my mother out of his trust and put a business worth millions into my brother's name because he is afraid we will inherit from the business when he dies. He does not wish for his three daughters or like he says burdens to benefit from this business.

Q: We are three children among whom, my elder brother is the adopted one. Only me and my younger sister are from our parents. For my father there was no inheritance property from his father i.e., my grand father. What ever he earned is his Alhamdulillah and the whole property was in my mother's name. Few years back my father died suddenly. We have one house and two lands. As per my knowledge he wants to give that house to me and land to distribute among my brother and sister. Few years back my mother also died. Initially she wanted to give that house to me. But as there is pressure from my brother's side, she wants to give 50% share to my brother, with which I was not happy. She told me to write that she wants to give 50% of house and one land to me and brother and one land and some jewellery and amount to my sister. After her death the house was taken by me and one land by my brother and one land to my sister and some jewellery and money was distributed among us. What I want to know is:

1. While distributing the property the money which was spent to on my brother's (who is adopted) studies his marriage and my sister's marriage and studies and marriage (which is less compared to my brother and sisters) will also be counted?

2. House was taken by me and one land too and Rs. 300000.00 by my brother and one land and small jewellery by my sister. House cost almost 3 to 4 times of each land. Is this correct?