Inheritance

Nasihah (Advice): The Most Merciful of the Merciful   Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah Radhiyallahu Anhu reports: A man came to Nabi Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam with a child which he began to embrace. He asked. ‘Do you show mercy towards the child?’ ‘Yes,’ the man replied. He said, ‘Allah is more merciful …

  Nasihah (Advice): Give charity during your lifetime   Sayyiduna Abu Saeed Khudri Radhiyallahu Anhu reports that Rasoolullah Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam said: “A man giving a dirham as Sadaqah (charity) during his life is better than giving one hundred dirhams as Sadaqah (charity) at the last moment of his life.” (Abu …

    Nasihah (Advice): Forbearance & Gentleness   Sayyiduna Jareer Bin Abdullah Radhiyallahu Anhu reports that Rasoolullah Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam said: “Whoever is deprived of forbearance and gentleness is, in fact, deprived of all good.” (Sahih Muslim) ______________________________   Question and Answer:   If any heir, during the lifetime of the …

QUESTION Assalam Aleikum Warahmatullah Wabarakatuh. My late husband was paying a certain percentage on his Pension Fund and his Employer also for his retirement benefit. I am the beneficiary with accordance to the country laws plus the minors. My husband has other children from his ex-wife and since we are …

  Nasihah (Advice): As you give so shall you receive Sayyidatuna Asmaa Radhiyallahu Anha reports that Rasoolullah Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam said: “Give (in charity) and do not give reluctantly lest Allah should give you in a limited amount; and do not withhold your money lest Allah should withhold it from you.” (Sahih …

  Nasihah (Advice): Blessings in a transaction   Sayyiduna Hakeem Ibn Hizaam Radhiyallahu Anhu reports that Rasulullah Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallamsaid, “Both parties in a business transaction have a right to annul it so long as they have not separated; and if they tell the truth and make everything clear to each …

  Nasihah (Advice): Signs of the End Time   Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah Radhiyallahu Anhu reports that Rasulullah Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam said, “By the One in whose hand is my soul, this world will not end until a man will pass by a grave, and will roll on it and say: …

   Question: Assalaamu Alaykum Mufti Saheb, the escalating burden of Estate duty that is being imposed by the South African government once a person passes away has become quite a scary and burdensome scenario for the living dependants. I am told that there is a fatwa that has been passed …

QUESTION Can you please provide me with general guidelines that would help me prepare my last Will and testament according to Islamic law? ANSWER In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, Writing and preparing a Will is undoubtedly very important, especially in non-Muslim countries, insuring that upon death, …

1.What is the shar’ee ruling regarding a hermaphrodite with regards to: a)marriage b) inheritance? 2. In a case where a man married a hermaphrodite, not knowing her natural phenomenon (as he/she is predominantly feminine in features) happens to find out after the nikah has been performed, what is the ruling …