Question Summary:
Is my brother entitled to any inheritance? Question Detail:
My name is .... I come from a family of 7.6 sisters from the same mother and and brother from my step mum whom my father divorced. Before my father died he gave an apartment house to my brother. And now now that my father is dead, my brother insist that he has to to part of the remaining inheritance which is land and a few houses where we all live. Please enlighten me on the rulings of Allah.
Answer :
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
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All your father’s children, including your step brother, will inherit from your father’s estate. The apartment given by your father to his son (your step brother) during his lifetime does not disqualify your step brother from inheriting from your father’s estate.[i]
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Muhammad Yusuf bin Moulana Abdur Rahim Khan
Student Darul Iftaa
Chatsworth, Durban, KZN, South Africa
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
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[i] { يُوصِيكُمُ اللَّهُ فِي أَوْلَادِكُمْ لِلذَّكَرِ مِثْلُ حَظِّ الْأُنْثَيَيْنِ فَإِنْ كُنَّ نِسَاءً فَوْقَ اثْنَتَيْنِ فَلَهُنَّ ثُلُثَا مَا تَرَكَ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ وَاحِدَةً فَلَهَا النِّصْفُ وَلِأَبَوَيْهِ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا السُّدُسُ مِمَّا تَرَكَ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ وَلَدٌ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ وَلَدٌ وَوَرِثَهُ أَبَوَاهُ فَلِأُمِّهِ الثُّلُثُ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُ إِخْوَةٌ فَلِأُمِّهِ السُّدُسُ مِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوصِي بِهَا أَوْ دَيْنٍ آبَاؤُكُمْ وَأَبْنَاؤُكُمْ لَا تَدْرُونَ أَيُّهُمْ أَقْرَبُ لَكُمْ نَفْعًا فَرِيضَةً مِنَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا} [النساء: 11]
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