Summarized Fatawaa

Is it permissible for a Muslim woman to uncover her hair in the presence of a Christian woman?

 Is it permissible for a Muslim woman to uncover her hair in the presence of a Christian woman?

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By slip of a tongue, my son cursed The Almighty Allah. What is the ruling on this?

 By slip of the tongue, my son cursed Allah. It is worth pointing that he has concluded his marriage contract recently, but haven`t consummated the marriage. What is the position of Sharia on this? 

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Is supplicating on the one who ate my husband's share permissible?

My husband wanted to sell a piece of land that was his own, but his father insisted that he transfer the land in his (the father’s) name so that he could sell it at a higher price. Then, my husband and his father would split the price. After my father-in-law sold the land, he denied everything and refused to acknowledge my husband’s right. My father-in-law passed away a year ago, and my husband’s brothers divided the inheritance, refusing to acknowledge that this land was a trust held by their father for my husband until it was sold. Are they sinful for knowingly denying that the land belongs to my husband, and what is the ruling on praying against them?          

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A young man Whose father and grandfather are dead, and recently the former passed away?

1- A young man whose father and grandfather are dead. Unfortuntly, he passedaway leaving a mother, two sisters and a brother. Do his paternal uncles inherit him? 2- A man died leaving daughters, a wife, brothers, a mother or no mother. It is well known that the daughters inherit two thirds and the wife one eighth. To whom does the rest of the estate go and what is the evidence on that from the texts of Sharia?

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Is the will of the deceased excuted if as regards ditributing the inhertence among the poor and needy?

My mother inherited a share from my late father`s and brother`s property; however, the inheritance, a piece of land, wasn`t divided amongst the eligible heirs because it was hard to sell. While alive, she used say that she wanted these shares to be distributed amongst the poor and needy. What is the ruling of Sharia on this?

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Are grandchildren entitled to the obligatory bequest

A woman died at the age of ninety. Her living children are nine: two sons and two daughters. The youngest of her grandchildren, from her son who passed away one year before her, is aged thirty-two. Are these grandchildren entitled to the obligatory bequest although they are aged thirty-two and above?

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Is it permissible for a father to disinherit his disobedient, alcohol consuming son and his daughter who had fled home and never returned?

Is it permissible for a father to disinherit his disobedient, alcohol consuming son and his daughter who had fled home and never returned?

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Can the Christian widow whose married from a Muslim become an heir of his?

Can the Christian widow whose married from a Muslim become an heir of his?

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My father passed away before my grandfather. Am I entitled to any share of my grandfather`s inheritance?

My father passed away before my grandfather. Am I entitled to any share of my grandfather`s inheritance?

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Is it permissible for the father to exclude one of his sons from portion distribution by the former?

Is it permissible for a father to divide his property amongst his children except one under the pretext that he has paid for the latter`s tuition? This is knowing that his other children were given the opportunity to pursue their education but didn`t because they were educationally poor. Moreover, is he allowed to give his other children who have helped him with growing his business?

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Is it permissible to donate a flat to all of my sons and to exclude one?

Is it allowed for me to donate a flat to each of my children except one considering that the tuition fees I paid for the latter`s university study are equal to the price of the flat? In other words, he has received his share and this is why I`m donating a flat to my other children?

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Do I have the right to take that extra money knowing that I cover shortages from my own salary?

I`m a cashier at a branch of the Civil Service Consumer Corporation. Sometimes, customers pay more than the due amount. Do I have the right to take that extra money knowing that I cover shortages from my own salary?

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Donated a land but changed his mind before registration process

A man donated a burial plot, but before registering it in favor of the Ministry of Awqaf and before burying anybody there he said that he didn`t want to donate it and planted it. What is the ruling of Sharia on this?

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What is the ruling on working for orphans' institution?

What is the ruling on working for orphans' institution?

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Is it lawful or unlawful to take payment of key money?

Is it lawful or unlawful to take payment of key money?

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