Fatwas Archive

Question: A man deliberately killed his relative, and the killer is the closest ʿaṣabah (agnate heir) of the murdered person. At the time he killed him, his (the killer’s) wife was pregnant with a child. Who receives the ʿaṣabah [share]?

Question: A man inherited wealth from his father, and his father had been chaste, scrupulous regarding people’s wealth, and religiously committed. Then, after twenty-five years, a man came to that heir and said to him: “Such-and-such an item was not...

Question: A dying person states in his will that he forgives everyone, whether near or far, releases them, and gives up every right and every wrong done to him by people. This is the meaning of what the dying person...

Question: A man bequeathed one apartment of his building in order to increase his good deeds which would continue to reach him after his death, for him and his parents. He did not specify who should receive the revenue of...

Question: Children found, after their father’s death, a document containing a will of their father. Then they found another will for him on another sheet of paper. What should the children do? Both wills are dated. Should they act upon...

Question: If a grandfather gives his son’s son property in full ownership, is it valid for him to retract or not?

Question: A man instructed his son in his will that he should perform for him the Hajj of Islam. The man died, and his son had not yet performed Hajj for himself. Is it valid for the son to perform...

Question: If a deceased person dies and he has many debts owed to him by people, and all of them are expected [to be paid], is it valid for the heirs to divide them among themselves such that the debt...

Question: Is it permissible to make a bequest in favor of some of the children to the exclusion of others?

Question: A man had no children except three daughters. At his death he bequeathed two pilgrimages (ḥajjatayn) on behalf of his two brothers who had died before him, and other [bequests besides that]. These bequests amounted to more than one-third...