Gifts

QUESTION: A few years ago, with my grandfather's approval, my uncle took the responsibility of handling my grandfather's financial matters. At that time, although my grandfather was 100% mentally well, physically he was disabled and needed a carer. My mother (his...

QUESTION: In my lifetime, I have given a property to my daughter, which she sold. To my oldest son, I have stipulated in my will that he be given the property which I currently reside in, and is still registered in my name. To my younger son, I gave him a property...

QUESTION: A family member runs an organization and collects Eid gifts for an orphanage. He takes these gifts and gifts them to children in the family as a gift from himself (whereas these gifts were gifted to the orphanage kids by others, and the family children are...

Question:- What is the status of the following sentence: "My money is my money, and his money is my money"? Can one say that the husband is responsible for the wife, thus, she also has a share in his money and quote the above? Answer:- The quotation in question holds...

QUESTION: If a child is given money to buy sweets for himself, is he allowed to share it with his Ustaadh or any other adult? ANSWER: No, it will not be permissible for the Ustaad or any other adult to accept sweets from a Na-Baaligh child. This will be the ruling if...

QUESTION: My father has some valuable items in his room at my grandparents' house. As a child when I would visit him there, he would always tell me that he had given it to me and it belonged to me, but I never took it with me as I was a child. There is some jewellery...