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Category: Zakaat

Zakaat On Debtors (Outstanding Receivables)

Question With regard to debtors , should the full amount be included in the zakat calculation, or only the amount […]

29 October 202429 October 2024Qualifying Assets, Zakaat

Zakaat On Animals Bought For Trade/Resale

Question I have cattle and sheep and goats which I buy to sell. I let them graze them on our […]

12 August 202412 August 2024Qualifying Assets, Zakaat

Determining Rightful Recipients Of Zakaat

Question I would like to know how do I determine who the rightful recipients of zakaah are? Are recipients those […]

5 July 20245 July 2024Beneficiaries, Zakaat

Zakaat And Qurbaani Of A Baaligh Child Whose Funds Are Withheld By The Parents

Question A baaligh boy has millions with his parents. Dur to being 16 years of age, the parents have full […]

10 June 202410 June 2024Discharging, Udhiyyah (Qurbani), Zakaat

Discharging Surplus/Extra Zakaat In Advance

Question A person pays his Zakaat in advance. He pays R1000 every month. At the end of the year he […]

4 April 20248 April 2026Discharging, Zakaat

Giving Zakaat To A Person Who Cannot Make Ends Meet

Question There is a brother in our country. He does not have any debt, but at the beginning of the […]

19 March 202419 March 2024Discharging, Zakaat

Zakaat On Raw Materials Used In A Business

Question My mother does embroidery on items as a business. We’ve accounted for the materials etc that she has on […]

19 March 202419 March 2024Qualifying Assets, Zakaat

Settling The Debts Of The Deceased With Zakaat Funds

Question We are 7 brothers and sisters – 2 brothers have passed away. One of my brothers passed away approx. […]

17 March 202414 March 2024Beneficiaries, Zakaat

Zakaat On White Gold

Question Is zakaat payable on white gold?  Answer Yes Zakaat will be payable on it. Checked and Approved By: Mufti […]

15 February 202415 February 2024Qualifying Assets, Zakaat

Giving A Zakaat Collector Zakaat To The Value Of Nisaab

Question In the books of Fiqh, it is generally related, that in relation to Zakaat it is Makrooh to give […]

6 February 202429 March 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.