Inheritance

QUESTION: With regards to nominating beneficiaries to a provident fund, do the beneficiaries have to be one's Islamic heirs, or can I nominate my wife as the sole beneficiary? ANSWER: We assume that your query pertains to an involuntary provident fund enforced upon...

QUESTION:- An amount of money needed to be distributed amongst heirs . Money from that amount was misplaced/missing/stolen. Should the shares be calculated according to the initial amount, or the amount after it went missing? ANSWER:- We assume that the inheritance...

QUESTION:- Is it permissible for a father to say to his children, "If something happens to me, then I have gifted/given everything I own to your mother" and similarly, is it permissible for the mother to say the same? ANSWER:- By a father telling his children, “If...

QUESTION:- Can an heir (for example, a person's son) be an executor in a Will? ANSWER:- There is no problem appointing one’s son as an executor in one’s Will. ALLAH TA’ALA ALONE IN HIS INFINITE KNOWLEDGE KNOWS BEST! ANSWERED BY:- Mufti Mohammed Desai                 ...

QUESTION:- My mother had saved up some money for Hajj, but she passed away before she could perform Hajj. Does the money form a part of her estate? ANSWER:- The Hajj savings left behind by your late mother will form part of her estate, and will have to distributed...

Question:- Alhamdulillah, we distributed my late mother's real property, but Mufti Saheb, now we are confused about the personal belongings like pots, spices, coffee machine, cutlery, plates, curtains etc. How do we distribute it equally, and what will be the correct...