Dear sir:
Asalam-o-Alaykum
Your kind advise is solicited on the subject under the following facts and circumstances:
QUESTION:
A PERSON DIED ON 10TH FEBRUARY 2019 AND WAS ISSUELESS/UNMARRIED. HE FOLLOWED HANFI FIQAH. HE WAS OWNER OF A HOUSE AND RS. 10 MILLIONS IN HIS BANK ACCOUNT. HIS PARENTS, GRAND PARENTS, FULL BROTHER AND SISTER HAD DIED LONG AGO. HE IS SURVIVVED BY MATERNAL AND PATERNAL NEPHEWS/NEICES:
I) ONE SONS AND THREE DAUGHTERS OF HIS PREDECEASED ELDER SISTER WHO DIED IN THE YEAR 2017 AND
II) TOW SONS AND TWO DAUGHTERS OF HIS PREDECEASED YOUNGER BROTHER WHO DIED IN THE YEAR 1987.
I SHALL BE GREATFUL, IF YOU KINDLY ADVISED AS TO HOW THE ESTATE OF DECEASED WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AMONGST THE SURVIVORS AT (I) AND (II) ABOVE WITH SOME REFERENCES/HADITH?
YOUR TRULY
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
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According to the Shariah Law of Succession and Inheritance, distribution of an estate will only commence after funeral expenses, which should not be extravagant nor miserly.
Thereafter all debts (including legal costs) and bequests (if any) made to non-heirs – which will not exceed one-third (1/3) of the Estate should be paid.
Thereafter, all assets form part of the Net Estate and will be distributed according to the Islamic Law of Succession and Inheritance.
If a man passed away and is survived by :
Brother’s children:
- Two nephews
- Two nieces
According to the Shariah laws of Inheritance and Succession, if there are no other heirs besides the above, then the estate will be divided into 6 equal shares as follows:
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BENEFECIARIES |
SHARES |
PERCENTAGE |
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Nephew 1 |
2 |
33.33% |
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Nephew 2 |
2 |
33.33% |
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Niece 1 |
1 |
16.66% |
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Niece 2 |
1 |
16.66% |
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TOTALS |
6 |
100% |
In principle, no heirs that predeceased the man will inherit from the man’s estate.
Only brother’s children will inherit, sister’s children do not inherit from the estate.
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Muhammad I.V Patel
Student Darul Iftaa
Lusaka, Zambia
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.