Before Islam, women were deprived of the right to inherit from parents or husbands. They themselves were considered part of the dead person’s property. When Islam came, it put an end to this injustice and solved the problem of inheritance in the light of two principles: observing justice in distribution of the dead person’s property, as well as distributing wealth among the greatest number of possible heirs.
Islam gives the wive the right to inherit a part of her husband’s wealth and gives a similiar right to the husband upon his wife’s death. Islam gives both parents the right to inherit a part of their father’s or mother’s property.
When a person dies, the first thing to do, according to Islam, is to pay his debts before distributing any property to heirs. After paying debts, his will is carried out provided that no heir is included in the will because an heir is to benefit from the general system of inheritance distribution. After paying the debts and executing the terms of the will, if there is any, what remains is distributed among heirs.
Heirs in Islam include the wife, the husbend, all sons, all daughters, and both parents. They also include grandsons if the dead person’s sons are dead, the grandfather if his father is dead, and the grandmother if his mother is dead. Heirs is Islam may also include brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts and other relatives in some cases.
In some non-Muslim societies, a person may write a will the way be wants. He may deprive a certain son or gives all his wealth to an institution. The result is to deprive offspring and close relatives of inheritance or to pour all wealth into one pocket.
Concerning the will, Islam puts two conditions on will-making. The first condition is that benefeciary of the will cannot be an heir, because an heir inherits wuthout a will and because making a will to an heir usually creates grudge and enmity between this heir and other heirs.
The second condition on will-making is that a person cannot go beyond one third of his property in his will. The reason for this limit is obvious: it is not fair to deprive close relatives of inheriting by granting most of the property to other institutions or individuals. How does a person feel if his father grants all his wealth to institution or to friend or servant ? such wills have a very bad effect on family relationships in the whole society.
Another priciple in Islam with regard to inheritance is to give all sons and all daughter the right to inherit. In some non-Islamic societies, only the eldest son inherits. Ins some others, only sons inherit wuth the exclusion of daughters. Islam gives all sons and all daughters the right to inherit. The guiding Islamic principles here are equality, justice, and real brotherhood.
In Islam a daughter takes half the share of a son upon the death of their parent. Tihis apparent inequality is in fact actual equality. In Islam the male has more financial responsibilities than the female: teh husband is the one of the financially responsible for his wife and children. If the male has more financial responsibilities, then it is fair to give him a share of inheritance bigger tham the female’s share.
In Islam a parent inherits wether the dead person has children or not. In other words, parents inherit in all cases, the guiding Islamic principles here is parent-child loyalty. The parent, who does much and sacrifices much for the shake of the child, should have the right to inherit from his son or daughter. A person who is required to give should be entitled to take: a parent give most of his life and time and effort to his child and, as a result, should be given the right to inherit from his child.
In Islam each parent has a sixth of what si left if the dead person has one child or more. If the dead person has no children and parents are sole heirs, the mother has one third and the father has two thirds.
Islam gives the wive the right to inherit a part of her husband’s wealth and gives a similiar right to the husband upon his wife’s death. Islam gives both parents the right to inherit a part of their father’s or mother’s property.
When a person dies, the first thing to do, according to Islam, is to pay his debts before distributing any property to heirs. After paying debts, his will is carried out provided that no heir is included in the will because an heir is to benefit from the general system of inheritance distribution. After paying the debts and executing the terms of the will, if there is any, what remains is distributed among heirs.
Heirs in Islam include the wife, the husbend, all sons, all daughters, and both parents. They also include grandsons if the dead person’s sons are dead, the grandfather if his father is dead, and the grandmother if his mother is dead. Heirs is Islam may also include brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts and other relatives in some cases.
In some non-Muslim societies, a person may write a will the way be wants. He may deprive a certain son or gives all his wealth to an institution. The result is to deprive offspring and close relatives of inheritance or to pour all wealth into one pocket.
Concerning the will, Islam puts two conditions on will-making. The first condition is that benefeciary of the will cannot be an heir, because an heir inherits wuthout a will and because making a will to an heir usually creates grudge and enmity between this heir and other heirs.
The second condition on will-making is that a person cannot go beyond one third of his property in his will. The reason for this limit is obvious: it is not fair to deprive close relatives of inheriting by granting most of the property to other institutions or individuals. How does a person feel if his father grants all his wealth to institution or to friend or servant ? such wills have a very bad effect on family relationships in the whole society.
Another priciple in Islam with regard to inheritance is to give all sons and all daughter the right to inherit. In some non-Islamic societies, only the eldest son inherits. Ins some others, only sons inherit wuth the exclusion of daughters. Islam gives all sons and all daughters the right to inherit. The guiding Islamic principles here are equality, justice, and real brotherhood.
In Islam a parent inherits wether the dead person has children or not. In other words, parents inherit in all cases, the guiding Islamic principles here is parent-child loyalty. The parent, who does much and sacrifices much for the shake of the child, should have the right to inherit from his son or daughter. A person who is required to give should be entitled to take: a parent give most of his life and time and effort to his child and, as a result, should be given the right to inherit from his child.
In Islam each parent has a sixth of what si left if the dead person has one child or more. If the dead person has no children and parents are sole heirs, the mother has one third and the father has two thirds.