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  2. Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

48 Questions

If a beneficiary of an estate is missing, how long should we spend finding them before distributing their estate to other available inheritors?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

If you could not reach to an inheritor, and lost hope in finding him after thorough search, his share must be given to the Marje' of Taqleed and never go to other inheritors unless they have evidence that has died and they have share from him. Marje' of Taqleed is responsible to spend it in charity on behalf of the missing beneficiary.

Wassalam.
A person had constructed property on land that he inherited from his father. On his own death, he is survived by a wife and two daughters as well as a brother and two sisters. What is the inheritance ratio for each of these successors?
Mohammad Saeed Bahmanpour

Salamun alaykum wa rahmatullah​​​​​​

The brother and sisters would not inherit because they belong to the second category and as long as any member of the first category exists, members of the second category would not inherit. 

In the case of your question, according to the fatwa of Ayatollah Khamenei, the wife would inherit one eighth of the assets and the rest would be divided equally between the daughters.
Can parents abandon a son for marrying a cousin against their wishes? Do they have the right to deprive him of all inheritance?
Sayyed Muhammad Husaini Ragheb

According to Fiqh i.e. jurisprudence, a boy has no need to acquire the consent of either of parents, so he can marry any girl even if it is against his parents' consent.
Please bear in mind that I'm not answering according to moral and sociological advice!
As for the second part of your question, we have nothing like that in Islam and as soon as a person dies his/her connection to their possessions is removed and the properties automatically go into the account of the heirs, so if one is going to deprive an heir of getting their properties, they must transfer whatever they have in their lifetime to other people.
Can parents abandon a son for marrying a cousin against their wishes? Do they have the right to deprive him of all inheritance?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

The son should keep the respect of his parents in every matter but it is not obligatory on him to get their approval for his marriage. Father's approval is required in the virgin marriage.

Parents are not allowed to abandon their son just because he did not marry according to their wish. Abandoning any relative is a major sin in Islam.

No one is allowed to deprive  his son or daughter from inheritance as far as they are Muslims. 

Wassalam.