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Visiting The Graveyard On Friday An The Day Of Eid

Question Is it Sunnah to vist the graveyard on the day of Eid or on the day of Jumuah? Answer […]

16 February 202328 March 2025Janaazah, Miscellaneous

Meals At The House Of A Janaazah

Question After the burial, an announcement is made for those who attended to partake of meals at the funeral house, […]

7 February 20237 February 2023Janaazah, Miscellaneous

Delaying The Janaazah

Question Is it permissible to delay the Janazah Salaah to wait for family members to arrive from far off places? […]

7 February 20237 February 2023Janaazah, Miscellaneous

Congregational Dua After Janaazah Salaah

Question Is it correct to make a congregational dua for the deceased after the Janazah Salaah?  Answer The practice of […]

9 September 20229 September 2022Janaazah, Miscellaneous, Salaah

Bringing The Mayyit Home

Question After the Mayyit is given Ghusl, should the body be brought home? Answer There is no harm in bringing […]

3 September 20223 September 2022Janaazah, Miscellaneous

Visiting The Graveyard On The Day Of Eid

Question What is the ruling with regard to visiting the graveyard on the day of Eid? Answer The day of […]

29 August 202229 August 2022Janaazah, Miscellaneous

Planting A Tree On A Qabr

Question is it it fine to plant a tree on a grave, will it make Zikr for the deceased? Answer […]

19 August 202219 August 2022Janaazah, Miscellaneous

Visiting The Graveyard Daily

Question A mother of one of my friends passed away 3 weeks ago. It was a sudden death. It was a […]

19 August 202219 August 2022Janaazah, Miscellaneous

Reciting Quraan-e-Majeed In The Vicinity Of The Deceased Before Burial

Question Is it bidat to recite Surah Yaseen over the deceased before he/she is buried? Answer  It is Makrooh to […]

30 June 202230 June 2022Janaazah, Miscellaneous

Calling The Adhaan After Burial

Question Is performing Adhaan after burial at the Qabr permissible? Answer  It is not permissible to call the Adhaan after […]

20 June 202220 June 2022Janaazah, 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.