Wasiyyah (Bequests)

Q: I do not have cash on hand, but I wish and request my heirs and executors of my estate to continue with my donations and qurbaanies after my demise. 

Presently I receive income from different sources. Some quarterly/ some bi- annually/ some annually. 

The main income will begin after my demise. I will Insha Allah receive a monthly income for the next ten years (i.e. 120 months). 

I make a bequest of just ten percent of my gross income to charities and qurbaanies etc. 

After my demise, whenever any money is received, ten percent is to be separated and accumulated and then distributed, mainly in Ramadhaan, Eidul Adha, and whenever funds permit (mainly to building projects/extensions/renovations etc. of mosques/madressas etc. Surplus funds can also be distributed to needy family members, religious institutes etc. as per executors discretion. Is this okay?

Q: If someone makes a bequest that his body should be washed with Zamzam when he is being given ghusl, is this permissible?

Q: Is it permissible to bequeath a portion of my estate (a third or less) to my unmarried sister? Will she be considered a part of the heirs if I'm married, have no children? Both my parents are still alive and I have 2 brothers.

Q: I would like to find out if this method is correct. If not, what would be the best method? 

A man had a family. His wife passed away then he remarried. Before he passed away, he gifted his house to his wife. 

She is living in the house but she made wassiyat for it to be given to her husbands heirs when she passes away. 

She has brothers, nephews and nieces (some of them are aware and happy about her decision). 

Her husband's heirs were not yet told gifted or made owners of it.

Q: A man passed away, leaving behind his wife, a son, two daughters, a brother and a sister. 

Let's say he left an estate valued at $100,000. He had verbally expressed his wish to give one-third of the estate to charity, but there is no written will. 

How should his estate be calculated and distributed according to Islamic inheritance laws? 

Additionally, because the deceased was ill for the last six months and suffered from dementia, he was unable to perform Salah (prayers) during that time. Should Fidyah be paid for the missed prayers, and if so, from which portion of the estate?

Q: Marhooma passed away at that time she had 5 sons and 7 daughters when she passed away. Part of what she left was jewellery… In her lifetime she used to say the jewellery is for her daughters/or my wassiyat is this jewellery must be given to my daughters, but she never give it to them while she was alive and passed away.

Will the jewellery be given to the daughters only or will the sons inherit as well? In both scenarios keep in mind wassiyat and hiba.

Also after marhooma passed away, will anyone be liable to pay zakaat on the jewellery if it wasn't distributed for years? 

Q: Please could I get clarity on the following regarding wills:

If a person wants a particular relative to receive a particular item upon his/her death, can this be done? (For instance, items that are currently in use that cannot be given during one's life e.g. a car, jewellery, sentimental items, etc.)

Can a person write in his Islamic will that upon his demise, such and such item of his should be given to person A? 

Q: If a man has no children, can he allot all his inheritance to his one adopted child?

If a man has no children but has nieces and nephews, so he adopts a baby. Now, he has some inheritance on his name also. Their child, being a female got married. And now the man is willing to transfer the inheritance to his child completely as his brothers didn’t help him even a little in building the inheritance nor did the nephews and nieces. But the man had heard that inheritance could not be transferred to the adopted child. So, is there any possibility that the man can inherit all his property to his only adopted child legally by Islam, or if not then is it possible for the man to sell all the property to the child’s husband and the child’s husband then shifts the property to the man’s child name? Please help me in this regard. 

Q: If a person had done a wassiyyat to give all his wealth to his nephew five years ago. Last year, he made a wassiyyat to give all his wealth to the mosque. Which wassiyat should be considered, the first or last? 

Q:

1. My grandmother passed away last week. Before she passed away, her will was to give her savings (money) to charity. However my grandmother has 3 daughters and my grandfathe... My mother is the eldest of the daughters, however she is not psychologically sane and my grandfather has dementia. How do we distribute it?

2. Do we divide it amongst the daughters and ask them if they want to give it to charity if they don't need it or do we just give the whole amount to a charity organisation? 

3. If we have to give it to the daughters and my grandfather, what do I do in the case of my mother and grandfather as they not psychologically sane. Does the grandkids get the amount as well?