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Inheritance: how to split assets?

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Answered by Mufti Yusuf Mullan

Regarding inheritance, let’s say the parents have several resources (for e.g. house/land, gold and money), how would they split those amongst their children? Would they split each resource equally or can they evaluate the total amount and decide how they want to distribute the resources as long as the total amounts are equal?

Answer:
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Wa alaikum salaam,

Divinely ordained shares of inheritance pertain to every single piece of wealth the deceased leaves behind individually. Therefore, when the actual inheritance comes into effect, (upon the death of the family member whose estate is to be distributed), each of the heirs will have their stipulated share spread out over every resource. In order to facilitate division, at that time, they may enter into mutual agreements and allocate the estate in the best way they see fit, subject to the conditions of wealth division mentioned in the books of Fiqh.

And Allah knows best.

Yusuf Mullan

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