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Category: Miscellaneous

Method Of Visiting The Cemetry

Question Kindly provide me with the sunnah method of visiting the cemetery: -Dua to read when entering -what to read […]

2 July 20262 July 2026Janaazah, Miscellaneous

The Number Of Plaits To Be Made On A Female Mayyit (Deceased)

Question After bathing a female deceased, how many plaits/braids will be made? What is the stance of the Ahnaaf in […]

15 May 202615 May 2026Janaazah, Miscellaneous

Name Plates At The Qabr (Grave)

Question What is the ruling with regar to placing name plates at a Qabar? Answer It is Makrooh to label […]

25 April 202624 April 2026Janaazah, Miscellaneous

Lahad (Recessed-Grave) vs Shiqq (Trench-Grave)

Question Which type of grave is more virtuous, Lahad or Shiqq? Answer Lahad (recessed-grave) is Sunnah and, therefore, better than […]

7 April 20267 April 2026Janaazah, Miscellaneous

Post-Mortem

Question What is the ruling with regard to post-mortems? At times, the government forces the people to have post-mortems. Can […]

6 January 20256 January 2025Janaazah, Miscellaneous

Calculation Of The Iddat Of A Woman Whose Husband Passed Away

Question How will the Iddat of a woman whose husband passed away be calculated? Answer The calculation of 4 months […]

12 November 202412 November 2024Janaazah, Miscellaneous

A Woman Experiencing Haidh Or Nifaas Sitting Near A Mayyit

Question Is it permissible for a woman in Haidh/Nifaas sit by the Mayyit? Answer It is permissible for a woman […]

28 October 202428 October 2024Haidh And Nifaas, Janaazah, Miscellaneous, Tahaarah

Burying More Than One Person In A Grave

Question Can you bury more than one person in a grave even if they are non-Mahrams? Answer At the time […]

14 March 202414 March 2024Janaazah, Miscellaneous

Moving The Body Of A Deceased To Another Location

Question Some foreigners want their bodies to be taken back to their homelands for burial. They do not want to […]

22 February 202422 February 2024Janaazah, Miscellaneous

Using Sponsored Burial Items

Question We learn that all the burial expenses (grave, kafn, etc.) need to be taken out from the estate of […]

16 February 202416 February 2024Janaazah, Miscellaneous

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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.