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Category: Discharging

Discharging Zakaat In Advance

Question Is it permissible to give my Zakaat in advance i.e. before my Zakaat calculation date for that year? Answer […]

8 April 20268 April 2026Discharging, Zakaat

Offsetting A Loan With Zakaat Funds

Question If someone owes some money to me and this person is eligible to accept Zakaat, would it be permissible […]

4 March 20264 March 2026Discharging, Zakaat

Zakaat On The Deferred Payment Of Mahr

Question Is mahr considered a debt  that prevents the obligation of Zakah? Answer If at the time of Nikah, Mahr […]

2 March 20262 March 2026Discharging, Zakaat

Giving/Discharging Zakaat To Orphanages

Question An orphanage has in their care, orphans,  as well as other children whose parents have placed them under their […]

2 March 20262 March 2026Beneficiaries, Discharging, Zakaat

Discharging Zakaat To Minor Muslim Children Whose Parents Are Non-Muslim

Question Alhamdulillah we are running Makatib in an indigenous area. We are facing great challenges financially to sustain the ongoing […]

4 December 20254 December 2025Discharging, Zakaat

The Zakaat Calculation Date Not Changing Due To Debt

Question If a person becomes indebted to the extent that his liabilities exceed the value of the assets on which […]

10 October 202510 October 2025Discharging, Zakaat

Zakaat On The Debt Incurred To Purchase A Home

Question Zayd bought his family house from his mother 3 years ago. He had no cash to pay. There was […]

13 August 202513 August 2025Discharging, Zakaat

Zakaat For A Person Who Has Just Become Baaligh (Attained Puberty)

Question If a person became Baaligh in Zil-Qadah, when must he discharge his Zakaat? Answer If a person becomes Baaligh […]

31 July 202531 July 2025Discharging, Zakaat

Zakaat Calculation When I Owe Money And Money Is Owed To Me

Question How do I calculate Zakaat if I owe R136 000-00 and R133 000-00 is owed to me? Answer Discharging […]

8 July 20258 July 2025Discharging, Zakaat

A Community Service Having To Give Zakaat

Question Does a community service like a neighbourhood watch have to give Zakaat? Answer Community service institutes like a neighbourhood […]

30 April 202530 April 2025Discharging, Zakaat

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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.