Assalamu alaikum,
I have a Fiqh question on inheritance which is causing ill feelings among my sisters and myself. Please clarify the situation based on Shariah.
I was a 12 years old boy when my mother bought a house with her money and made me a co-purchaser in the Sale Document with the condition mentioned in the document that it [the house] will be handed over to me after her death and till such time she will have living rights in the said house. Both my parents passed away recently. From my fathers property my two sisters and myself have agreed to share the wealth in the proportion of 2:1 according to the Shariah. But as regards to the house bought by my mother and which was due to me after the death of my mother, my two sisters, one younger and the other elder to me, are claiming that they too have a share in the mother’s portion of the property although my mother had documented in writing many years back that the house which she had bought would pass on to me after her death. Are my sisters justified in claiming a share in the house given to me by my mother ? Please advise how to settle the issue
Jazakallah,
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