Inheritance

Q: My father passed away leaving behind some assets (land & money). My late father has 5 sons and 4 daughters and my mum. My questions are:

1: Who has more right over the assets, my mum, sons or daughters or a combination of those?

2: Who's name should the assets be transferred to?

3: How do we distribute the shares (estimated value of £100,000)

4: Would it be right if my mum decides without the consent of the sons to sell some land and spend as she wills?

5: If she was to sell and spend should that about be deducted from her share from the total asset?

6: How do you calculate the shares. Above figure is only a estimate, can be more or less?

7: One of the assets is a house. If 2 sons spent £2000 on painting the house whereby it may or may not increase the value of the house (the other 3 sons were not in a position to contribute at the time) does this give the 2 sons more ownership over the house then the remaining sons? Does that also affect the shares if the house was sold?

8: Would a solution to question 7 be that to sell the house at the value it has. Distribute the shares accordingly. Then the remaining 3 sons that couldn't contribute at the time pay their share to the other 2 brothers which would've been £400 that was spent on painting at the time?

Surah Maaidah verse 143

Q: When his Lord manifested His illumination to the mountain, he sent it crashing down to pieces, and Moosa fell unconscious (Quran 7: 143). One of our fundamental beliefs as Sunni Muslims is that there is nothing like Allah,  (لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ ). So with that in mind, does the illumination/light of Allah referred to in this ayat actually refer to a veil of illumination/light? Please clarify this.

Screaming and shouting in the Musjid

Q: Is it allowed in a Musjid for someone to recite loudly a naat or nazam and people to start screaming and chanting. The screaming is literally shouting and people going into a trance. The screaming is not praises to Allah or his Nabi (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) but really shouting. The reciter also encourages such screaming. Is this practise allowed to take place in a masjid?

Copyright

Q: A layperson says that even though copyright is haraam, it is nevertheless unethical and against Islamic spirit to copy and freely distribute copyright materials. As in doing so, the company that had produced such copyrighted material in fact loses large numbers of potential customers who had rather opted for the free, pirated copy instead. He says that such behaviour is Islamically unethical as many companies are being deprived of business and customers. His issue is not with copyright, but with those people who freely distribute otherwise costly copyrighted materiel or resell it cheaply. His says such people are unethical and un-Islamic in spirit - but not that there actions are impermissible. He then cites a 2010 report that claims the global loss to software piracy is over $50 billion as a support of his argument. Is there any substance to his claims on the basis of taqwa, ethics, and Islamic spirit?

Fake hakeems

Q: I got to know from two different hakeems that I have some asaraat of narsu on my body. Few people know about this narsu. Basically its a snake which does sex with girls when they sleep and I feel the same every morning. Its very shameful to say these things to all and this narsu won't allow the person to be successful and to get married. It is considered as sadesaati to me and to all who belong to me. My question is that the only way to remove this narsu out of my body is to get physical with any of those hakeem. They said their intentions are not wrong. What should I do? Its a great sin but its a fact that wether you believe or not there's no future for the one who has this kind of thing on their body. I have to do whatever these hakeems say. Please guide me. I am a simple selfish human being. I may not have patience but I fear Allah a lot.

Why Allah Ta'ala destroyed the previous nations

Q: My question is why Allah destroyed the previous nations? What are the reasons behind those destructions? I know some reasons that are 1) because of polytheism 2) because they hate Muslims 3) they tortured Muslims. But I want to know the central point for destruction. Because if they tortured Muslims then in the current era Israelis are also torturing Muslims. So what is the point here. I read a verse that "If we will not destroy them they will spread fitnah on land thats why we will killed them" but I lost this verse. Can you tell me this exact verse number in the Qur'an?