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Taking a diamond ring from the estate

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Q: At the time of the distribution (2004) of the assets of the deceased, the wife of the deceased wished to “take” a diamond belonging to the deceased by offering to pay the other heirs the market value of the diamond. The other heirs agreed, however the value was not known to the heirs. A few years later (2014) the widow wishes to pay the the heirs for that diamond.

a) Was the “taking” of the diamond by the widow at the date of distribution (2004) considered a valid sale to the heirs, considering the value was not known to the widow or the rest of the heirs at that stage ?

b)Which market value should she now pay the heirs on i.e. 2004 or 2014 if applicable?

Bismillaah

A:

1. Besides the diamond ring, if the entire estate was wound and distributed among the heirs according to the Shari’ee laws of inheritance, then the ring will have to be evaluated and the wife of the deceased (apart from her share) will have to pay each heir in proportion to his share of the estate.

2. The ring will be evaluated according to the price all the heirs agree upon.

And Allah Ta’ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

يُوصِيكُمُ اللَّـهُ فِي أَوْلَادِكُمْ لِلذَّكَرِ مِثْلُ حَظِّ الْأُنثَيَيْنِ فَإِن كُنَّ نِسَاءً فَوْقَ اثْنَتَيْنِ فَلَهُنَّ ثُلُثَا مَا تَرَكَ وَإِن كَانَتْ وَاحِدَةً فَلَهَا النِّصْفُ وَلِأَبَوَيْهِ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِّنْهُمَا السُّدُسُ مِمَّا تَرَكَ إِن كَانَ لَهُ وَلَدٌ فَإِن لَّمْ يَكُن لَّهُ وَلَدٌ وَوَرِثَهُ أَبَوَاهُ فَلِأُمِّهِ الثُّلُثُ فَإِن كَانَ لَهُ إِخْوَةٌ فَلِأُمِّهِ السُّدُسُ مِن بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوصِي بِهَا أَوْ دَيْنٍ آبَاؤُكُمْ وَأَبْنَاؤُكُمْ لَا تَدْرُونَ أَيُّهُمْ أَقْرَبُ لَكُمْ نَفْعًا فَرِيضَةً مِّنَ اللَّـهِ إِنَّ اللَّـهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا ﴿النساء: ١١﴾

عن عون بن أبي جحيفة عن أبيه قال آخى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم بين سلمان وأبي الدرداء فزار سلمان أبا الدرداء فرأى أم الدرداء متبذلة فقال لها ما شأنك قالت أخوك أبو الدرداء ليس له حاجة في الدنيا فجاء أبو الدرداء فصنع له طعاما فقال كل قال فإني صائم قال ما أنا بآكل حتى تأكل قال فأكل فلما كان الليل ذهب أبو الدرداء يقوم قال نم فنام ثم ذهب يقوم فقال نم فلما كان من آخر الليل قال سلمان قم الآن فصليا فقال له سلمان إن لربك عليك حقا ولنفسك عليك حقا ولأهلك عليك حقا فأعط كل ذي حق حقه فأتى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فذكر ذلك له فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم صدق سلمان (صحيح البخاري # 1968)

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada

Checked & Approved:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

This answer was collected from MuftiOnline.co.za, where the questions have been answered by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.

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