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Category: Appearance And Attire

Tying A Turban While Standing And Wearing Pants While Seated

Question What is the basis of tying  a turban while standing and wearing a pants while seated? I have also […]

13 December 202322 July 2024Appearance And Attire

Tinting The Eyebrows And Eyelashes

Question Are muslim women allowed to tint eyebrows and eyelashes? Answer It is not permissible for Muslim women to tint […]

12 December 20239 June 2026Appearance And Attire

Men Wearing Red Clothing

Question Can men wear T-shirts or socks in red in colour? What if it’s mixed with red, but the red […]

25 November 202327 November 2023Appearance And Attire

Wearing A Scarf Or Shawl

Question Is it Sunnah to wear a scarf or shawl? Answer With regard to the scarf, تقنع of Nabi Sallallahu […]

20 September 202320 September 2023Appearance And Attire

Using Black Henna To Dye The Beard

Question Would black henna be permissible on the beard? Answer No, it will not be permissible to dye the beard […]

18 September 202318 September 2023Appearance And Attire

Men Wearing Tight Or Fitted Clothing

Question Is it permissible to wear a red  shirt with some stripes and a fitted jeans? Answer It is permissible […]

21 July 202321 July 2023Appearance And Attire

Shaving The Moustache

Question I would like to enquire whether it is preferable for a man to shave his moustache or trim it? […]

7 June 20237 June 2023Appearance And Attire

Wearing A Neck Tie

Question Our government school in _______ ________ have adopted a new code of dress for school pupils. They have made […]

30 May 20231 June 2023Appearance And Attire

Dressing Little Children Un-Islamically

Question Muslim parents are dressing their very young daughters at weddings without abaya & with makeup.  Their reasoning is that […]

27 May 202327 May 2023Appearance And Attire

Microblading

Question The sickness I have makes your hair fall. Like when you do chemotherapy. I’ve never ever tweezed or waxed […]

19 May 20231 August 2023Appearance And Attire

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Full Cousin

Father's full brother's sons are eligible to inherit.

Father's full sister's sons are not eligible to inherit.

 

Full Uncle

Father’s full brothers are eligible to inherit.

Mothers’s full brothers are not eligible to inherit.

 

Full Nephew

Full Brother's sons are eligible to inherit.

Full Sister's sons are not eligible to inherit.

 

Great Grandfather

Father’s father’s fathers are eligible to inherit.

Father’s mother’s fathers and mother’s father’s fathers are not eligible to inherit.

 

Great Grandson

Son's son’s sons are eligible to inherit.

Son’s daughter’s sons and daughter's son’s sons are not eligible to inherit.

 

Great Granddaughter

Son's son’s daughters are eligible to inherit.

Son's daughter’s daughters and daughter's son’s daughters are not eligible to inherit.

 

Consanguine Sister

Sisters who share the same father but have different mothers.

 

Consanguine Brother

Brothers who share the same father but have different mothers.

 

Uterine Sister

Sisters who share the same mother but have different fathers.

 

Uterine Brother

Brothers who share the same mother but have different fathers.

 

Full Sister

Sisters who share the same father and the mother.

 

Full Brother

Brothers who share the same father and the mother.

 

Granddaughter

Son's daughters are eligible to inherit. Daughter's daughters are not eligible to inherit.

Granddaughters from adopted sons and step-sons are not eligible to inherit.

 

Grandson

Son's sons are eligible to inherit. Daughter's sons are not eligible to inherit.

Grandsons from adopted sons and step-sons are not eligible to inherit.

 

Grandmother

The grandmothers listed below are eligible to inherit:

  1. Father's mother.
  2. Paternal grandfather's mother.
  3. Paternal grandmother's mother.
  4. Mother's mother.
  5. Maternal grandmother’s mother.

 

Grandfather

Paternal grandfathers are eligible to inherit.

Maternal grandfathers are not eligible to inherit.

 

Father

A biological father alone is eligible to inherit, not a step-father.

An illegitimate father is not eligible to inherit from his illegitimate son.

Mother

The biological mother alone is eligible to inherit, not a step-mother.

Daughter(s)

Daughters of the deceased's living husbands/wives, deceased husbands/wives, or divorced wives are all eligible to inherit.

Adopted daughters and step-daughters are not eligible to inherit.

A daughter born out of wedlock is entitled to inherit from her deceased mother but not from her deceased father.

Son(s)

Sons of the deceased's living husband/wives, deceased husband/wives or divorced husband/wives are all eligible to inherit.

Adopted sons and step-sons are not eligible to inherit.

A son born out of wedlock is entitled to inherit from his deceased mother, but not from his deceased father.

Wife/Wives

All women who were in the Nikaah of a man at the time of his demise are eligible to inherit from their husband's estate, regardless of whether the Nikaah was consummated or not.

If a man passed away during the Iddah period of a wife who had been issued a Talaaq-e-Rajee (revocable divorce), the wife remains eligible to inherit from the deceased husband's estate. Conversely, if the husband passed away after the Iddah period had expired, the wife is not eligible to inherit from the deceased husband's estate.

If the husband issued a Talaaq-e-Baain (irrevocable divorce), or the divorce occurred via Khula (divorce initiated by the wife), the divorced wife is not eligible to inherit from the deceased husband's estate, regardless of whether the divorce was issued during her Iddah period or not.

Husband

A man is eligible to inherit from a woman who was in his Nikaah at the time of her demise, irrespective of whether the Nikaah was consummated or not.

A man does not inherit from his ex-wife.