Mufti Menk – My daughter was given her share so she won’t inherit

			Salam aleikum.
		

			At times people say, I've given my daughters whatever I wanted to in my life when I die, they're not
entitled to anything. When they were getting married, I gave them some gold. When they were getting
married, I gave them x, y, and Zed, or I gave them a certain amount of something. So now when I die,
they don't deserve anything, or they will not get because they were given, sometimes some of the
sons see when the Father has died, leaving behind a lot of wealth. And the sons say, well, we're not
going to give our sisters because they were given during the lifetime of my father. Those statements
are invalid in Islam, and they are considered a major sin. And they could actually remove a person
		

			from the fold of Islam, if they're denying the verses of the Quran, because what you need to know
is, Allah has stipulated, in the greatest of detail, every fraction of inheritance that has to go to
the people that Allah has designated, the people that Allah has decided, will actually be the heirs
and the receivers of this particular wealth. So it's not up to you what will happen, it's up to
Allah, what will happen, and Allah has given you a choice, up to a third of your wealth, where you
may say, with certain conditions, where or who that particular wealth should go to, for as long as
it is not going to a stipulated air. But in a nutshell, you cannot deny someone from your own
		

			children, some of your inheritance simply because you say they were given when I was alive. That's
not good enough.
		

			Yes, what you gave them when you live is their property. But if you die, leaving behind something
still next to your name, all your children will inherit. So recently, I was asked by a certain
brother, saying, you know, I'd like to give my daughter's whatever I have to now so that they don't
get anything when I die. And I said, you can give them whatever you want to now, but when you die,
if there is anything next to your name, they will still be from among the heirs, and they will
inherit. And so when you're alive, you made sure that you give people equal your children should get
equal shares when you're alive. If you're giving your son something, give your daughter something as
		

			well.
		

			Unless there is one who is in greater need, and you want to give them a little bit more, it's your
discretion. When you're alive. I'm talking of the gifts. This is not about inheritance, right? The
sentence I just said now. And so if someone of your children was wealthy, and you wanted to perhaps
not give them a certain gift, because they're already wealthy during your life, not talking about
inheritance, that's your discretion, you can do what you want. Generally, we're taught to be fair
between our children. But if you die, the minute you close your eyes, whatever wealth was yours,
needs to be shared in a specific way that has been dictated by Allah in Surah to Nisa, so read
		

			through the verses of Surah Nisa, and you will definitely see every portion and proportion that's
supposed to go to the particular areas that Allah has chosen. So don't say my sister doesn't get
anything or my daughter doesn't get anything because that itself may cause a lot of regret for us,
in this world, as well as in the next, let's be fair, and let's understand, we adopt what Allah
says, Come what may, Allah subhanho wa Taala bless us all. akula Polly Hallo. sallallahu wasallam
Alana, Bina Mohammed