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Category: Nullifying Factors

Food Swallowed While Performing Salaah

Question There was a small piece of bread stuck between my teeth and I swallowed it while in Salaah. Is […]

27 November 202527 November 2025Nullifying Factors, Salaah

Hair Being Exposed In The Salaah Of A Woman

Question If the hair of a woman is exposed in Salaah, is the rule of a quarter of a limb […]

20 November 202520 November 2025Nullifying Factors, Salaah

Reciting سبحان ربي العزيم instead of سبحان ربي العظيم in Rukoo

Question A person recites سبحان ربي العزيم instead of سبحان ربي العظيم in Rukoo. Does this invalidate his Salaah? Answer […]

29 October 202529 October 2025Nullifying Factors, Salaah

Omitting A Sajdah In Salaah

Question If a person misses a Sajdah in Salaah, what must be done to compensate for it? Answer If a […]

7 July 20257 July 2025Nullifying Factors, Sajdah Sahw, Salaah

Performing Salaah Without Uttering The Takbeer-e-Tahreemah

Question A woman had never uttered the words of Takbeer-e-Tahreemah and only raised her hands not knowing that utterance of […]

12 May 202512 May 2025Nullifying Factors, Salaah

Having An Epileptic Fit/Seizure During Salaah

Question A person has epilepsy. With epilepsy, you also get a silent seizure, where a person goes unconscious for a […]

2 May 20252 May 2025Nullifying Factors, Salaah

Salaah Behind An Imaam Who Performs Masah On Cotton Socks

Question If an Imaam performs Masah on cotton socks, is Salaah behind him permissible? Answer It is not permissible to […]

9 February 20249 February 2024Nullifying Factors, Salaah

An Imaam Leading The Salaah Seated

Question An Imaam ked the Fardh Salaah for a period of time seated on a chair. The Sajdah was made […]

24 April 20236 March 2024Imaamat, Nullifying Factors, Salaah

Illness Which Warrants Salaah Being Performed Seated

Question How does one determine that an illness is serious enough to warrant sitting on the floor or on a […]

3 December 20223 December 2022Nullifying Factors, Salaah

Performing Salaah Seated Due To Not Being Able To Perform Rukoo Or Sajdah

Question A man is able to stand but due to infirmity or illness, he is unable to perform ruku or […]

3 December 20223 December 2022Nullifying Factors, 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.