Inheritance

Q: My question to you is:

Notes to the question,

• I have two brothers and 1 sister (we in total are 4)

• Gold worth $2000.

• Written and signed on a piece of paper in presence of 2 witness (my wife's mom and I)

• No objections by brothers and sister.

Before my mom passed away, she wrote on a piece of paper that the gold worth $2000 should go to my wife when she dies (My wife's mother and I were the witness). None of my siblings knew about this and got to know after the death of my mother and haven't raised an objection. My mom gave my wife the gold because she made lot khidmat of her. What's the Islamic ruling on this? 

Q: How do we distribute shares between 2 brothers and 3 sisters?

Q: A man takes money from his father who was rich enough to open a business. After the business settled, he returned the money to his father. Can his other brothers and sisters claim that business as their inheritance or does this business belong to him only?

Q: My sister lost her husband and she has two kids viz 7 ear old son and 11 year daughter. The husband left behind his business and two buildings; one residential and one commercial where the business is running. However, these two buildings have been orally given to him by his father. There is no written proof of transfer. The father of the deceased is alive and has huge property. He has another son who has some psychological problem hence unable to make any decision.

We have temporarily transferred the business in the name of the children under the guardianship of the mother so that no one can cause any harm to the business.

My question is how will the law of inheritance apply in this case?

Q: My sister's husband passed away. He had a house on mortgage which she sold and received some money after paying off the loan. He has one other property. Please advise how this share is done as he left behind his parents, a son and a wife. 

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?

Q: A friend of my brother passed away and left behind a mother, wife, 4 brothers and a sister. His brother had an investment of a million rand which would be paid out in the near future insha Allah. He asked me to find out what is the split of inheritance between the family. How much does each individual get?

Q: My grandad in India had five sons and three daughters. How should his land be divided?

Also, would the share of one son be different if he passed away before his mother?

Q: Upon the death of my mother (at a Dubai hospital) we had to settle the bill at the hospital for the release of her body. I acompanied my father and my brother to the Dubai hospital and when the bill was produced my father instructed my brother to pay with their credit card (being my fathers credit card but used by my brother for business). There was insufficient funds on the credit card, so I immediately produced my card so as not to cause any embarrassment and paid half and they paid half. At that time, being more concerned about the death of my mother, this incident didn't concern me much, however my father indicated at that time that he will retrieve this payment from the travel insurance and reimburse me.

Proceeding from there he did make a sincere attemt to retrieve the funds from the insurance but to no avail. Its been 2 years since the mayyit and I never considered this payment as being owed to me by mother or by her estate. Now that the estate is being finally wound up and all outstanding amounts settled, will it be correct for me to request the estate to settle this amount?

Q: What is the fatwa regarding the money bequeathed from a provident fund. Can you only use the money you gave towards it and what do I do with the rest of the money?