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Selling PDF/Electronic Copies Of Kitaabs

Question We have been receiving requests for pdf versions / electronic copies of our kitabs. Is it permissible to sell […]

3 February 202223 June 2025Business Dealings, Items Of Trade

Profit On Website Rehosting

Question I needed to find out regarding the permissibility of making a profit on website hosting as a reseller. A reseller […]

12 January 202212 January 2022Business Dealings, Items Of Trade

Silkworms

Question Is it permissible to sell silkworms? Answer Yes, it is permissible to sell silkworms. Checked and Approved By: Mufti […]

1 January 20221 January 2022Business Dealings, Items Of Trade

Income From The Sale Of Cigarettes

Question My aunts husband owns a cigarette factory along with other businesses.. Initially he had other businesses (supermarket& appliances) then […]

24 August 202124 August 2021Business Dealings, Items Of Trade

Selling Burqas Manufactured From Thin Fabric

Question I stitch burqas and sell them. I generally buy fabric looking at the pictures from the Muslim supplier. I […]

14 July 202114 July 2021Business Dealings, Items Of Trade

Selling Stemware Glasses And Birthday Party Items

Question Is is permissible to sell stemware glasses in a shop?  Its permissible to sell birthday stuff in a shop […]

22 June 202122 June 2021Business Dealings, Items Of Trade

Selling And Smoking of Cigarettes

Question What is the hukm (ruling) of selling cigarettes and the hukm (ruling) of smoking them? Answer It is Makrooh […]

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Advertising Impermissible Products In A Sports Magazine

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13 June 20219 June 2022Business Dealings, Items Of Trade

Rainbow Qur’aan Shareef

Question Is it permissible to use/purchase/sell ‘rainbow Quraans? Answer In principle, it is permissible to use, purchase and sell  such a […]

13 June 20219 June 2022Business Dealings, Items Of Trade, Quraan-e-Majeed

Selling Coffins

Question What is the Shar’ee ruling with regard to selling coffins? Answer Under normal circumstances the usage of a coffin […]

11 March 202111 March 2021Business Dealings, Items Of Trade

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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.