Choudhry Sahib replied on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 10:00 AM
This info was collected for a deceased person who left five daughters, one wife and a father.
(1) Wife: will get 1/8 share of the estate (2) His Father: will get 1/6 share of the estate and also if anything saved after giving every one their shares, will go to his father (3) Daughter: 2/3 of the estate will be divided equally among five daughters.
If the house is on wife's name then it won't be divided or if she is the joint owner then she has the half share and half will be divided (because it is a gift in his life to his wife. Same as he has spent money on his two daughters wedding but all daughters are still getting the same share).
- If he hasn't performed Hajj then money can be spared for hajj-e-badal.
- If he was a rich man then sadaqa can be given which will benefit him a lot.
Abdullah ibn Abbas (RA) reported that the Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) said, "Give the Faraid (the shares of the inheritance that are prescribed in the Quran) to those who are entitled to receive it. Then whatever remains, should be given to the closest male relative of the deceased." (Sahih al-Bukhari)
Allah says:
Allah directs you as regards your children’s (inheritance): to the male, a portion equal to that of two females. If there are only daughters, two or more, their share is two-thirds of the estate; if there is only one daughter, her share is a half. For parents, a sixth share of the inheritance to each, if the deceased left children. If the deceased left no children, and the parents are the (only) heirs, the mother has a third. If the deceased left brothers (or sisters) the mother has a sixth. This is after the payment of bequests and debts. You know not whether your parents or your children are nearest to you in benefit. These are settled portions ordained by Allah; and Allah is all-knowing, all-wise. [Sûrah al-Nisâ’: 11]
"Allah commands you regarding your children. For the male a share equivalent to that of two females." [Quran 4:11]
"If (there are) women (daughters) more than two, then for them two thirds of the inheritance; and if there is only one then it is half." [Quran 4:11]
"And for his parents for each of them there is one-sixth of the inheritance if he has a child, but if he does not have a child and the parents are the heirs then for the mother one-third." [Quran 4:11]
"And for you there is one-half of what your wives leave behind if there is no child, but if they leave a child then for you there is one-fourth of what they leave behind; … " [Quran 4:12]
"And for them one-fourth of what you leave behind if you did not have a child, but if you have a child then for them one-eighth of what you leave behind; …" [Quran 4:12]
"And if a kalala man or woman (one who has neither ascendants nor descendants) is inherited from, and he (or she) has a (uterine) brother or (uterine) sister then for each of them (there is) one-sixth. But if they (uterine brothers and sisters) are more than that then they are sharers in one-third (equally)." [Quran 4:12] (Uterine Siblings (Same Mother, Different Fathers) |
