Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I am a convert to Islam, and I have no Muslim relatives. May I leave more than a third of my estate to my non-Muslim family? Do the Quranic shares apply to how I divide my estate among them? And for my will to be valid, must it be […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I am an unmarried convert with no Muslim family — two sisters, a brother, and two parents, all living. Is this acceptable: funeral costs and debts first, then one third of what remains in equal shares to those of my family still living, and if none are living, to […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Does iqrar (acknowledgment) occur by a person saying that his money is “for so-and-so”? (Hanafi) Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. Simply saying, “My money is for so-and-so,” does not, on its own, transfer ownership. What matters is what the person intended by these […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question If a baligh cousin of a non-baligh child says to the non-baligh child, “I give you all my money” or “I gave you all my money,” then does the money of the baligh cousin become the property of the non-baligh child? Is the father, while alive, the sole legal […]