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Category: Janaazah

Exhuming A Body

Question Is it permissible to exhume a body if the body was not buried correctly or buried in an incorrect […]

30 April 202230 April 2022Janaazah, Miscellaneous

Ghusl Of A Mayyit

Question I am part of my local burial committee and want to know if the following method of Ghusal for […]

29 April 202229 April 2022Ghusl, Janaazah

Leaving Space For The Sitting Of The Mayyit

Question In certain countries, when placing a Mayyit in the Qabr they ensure that there is enough space under the […]

10 January 202210 January 2022Burial, Janaazah

Ghusl For A Skeleton

Question A person was missing for some time. His skeleton was recovered. What is the ruling regarding Ghusl and Janaazah […]

25 November 202131 May 2025Ghusl, Janaazah

A Woman In Haidh Preforming Ghusl On A Deceased

Question Can a woman experiencing her monthly menstrual cycle perform Ghusl on a deceased? Answer It is not permissible for […]

21 November 202121 November 2021Ghusl, Haidh And Nifaas, Janaazah, Tahaarah

Wudhu When Performing Ghusl On The Deceased

Question What is the status of Wudhu when performing Ghusl on a deceased? Is there a difference of opinion amongst […]

21 November 202121 November 2021Ghusl, Janaazah, Tahaarah, Wudhu

Method Of Marking Graves

Question What is the correct Shar’ee method of marking graves, putting name plates etc? Answer It is makrooh to label […]

24 October 202124 October 2021Janaazah, Miscellaneous

Paying The Interest Due On An Overdraft Facility On Behalf Of A Deceased

Question A person has passed on. Whilst he was alive he had an overdraft facility in the bank and he […]

21 September 202121 September 2021Business Dealings, Janaazah, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous

Rulings Of Iddah And Women Visiting Graveyards

Question How soon after the husband passes away should the wife be in the home ,starting her iddat? Recently due […]

6 September 20216 September 2021Janaazah, Miscellaneous

Women Joining The Janaazah Salaah

Question During these current times of Covid will it be permissible for women to perform Janaazah Salaah behind the men? […]

1 September 20211 September 2021Janaazah, Salaah

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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.