Smila he well Hamdulullah. He was Salah, who was salam Ahala Rasululahailah early
he was Habi hi waman i da dabi Huda hua bad. All praise is
indeed due to a loss of Hannah huata Ailah, blessings and salutations upon Muhammed
salaahua aieh he was Seldam. We ask a loss of Hannah, howat Ailah
to bless every single one of us and to make us from those whom He
has forgiven Tonight we ask a loss of Hannah, howat Alah to grant us
a new beginning. And we ask a loss of Hannah, howat Alah to
make us from those who take heed, to make us from those who learn
lesson, to make us from those who seize the opportunity to learn his word
and to put it into practice. And we ask a loss of Hannah,
howat Ailah never ever to make us from those who lose hope in his mercy.
Honored LamaH, beloved brothers and sisters and dearest listeners. This evening,
we have an extremely important subject, so important that it affects every single one
of us. Rasulu las allah Issalam has warned us, saying in Naho nissful
ail me, it is half of all knowledge. It is half of all
knowledge. And the prophets or a lahoida hea seldom continues to tell us in
Nahu yunza it is going to be taken away, well, in nahuau aluma
yunzaum in omati, it is going to be the first knowledge that is going
to be taken away from my Omah. What is this? I'm sure a
lot of people would like to know what it is before I tell you.
Let me explain to you. Yet another point, rasululas or a lahoi he
seldom says, they will come a time when people will dispute regarding it,
and there will be no one to guide them, no one to tell them
what is right and wrong. And even if there was someone to tell them
what is right or wrong, they wouldn't tell them, fearing a backlash or
fearing malasuhnahuat Allah protect us the material wealth of this world. So what is
the subject. The subject is the laws of inheritance in the Shariah. These
laws are stipulated by a loss of hannah howat alah. The reason is the
wealth that Allah gives me It is not up to me to use it how
I want. I can use it only within the framework that a loss of
Hannah howat Alah has dictated and has set down. And this is something of
utmost importance. We ask a loss of Hannah howat Alah to open the doors
for every single one of us when we have money in our pockets. Let's
not think that we can use it wherever we want. We can use it
for as long as it does not contradict what a loss of Hannah howat Alah
has stipulated. We can use it for as long as a loss of Hannah
houat Allah will not be upset because of us using it in something prohibited.
And this is what we need to realize. So what this means is a
loss of Hannah howat Alah gives us wealth, and he gives us a framework
around which we will be utilizing and making you of that wealth. Outside that
framework is not allowed. If that is the case whilst we are living,
then surely even after we have passed away, it is completely prohibited to do
whatever we would like. We need to do what a loss of hannahawat Alah
has stipulated. And this is why the laws of inheritance have been mentioned very
very clearly when it comes to Salah. When it comes to the acts of
worship such as prayer and zaka, a loss of Hanahu at Alah has explained
the prayer, but not in detail in the Puran. Rather, the detail
is found in the Sunna of Muhammad. Salaalahu aid he was seldom exactly how
to bow down, when to bow down, or when to go for ruku,
when to go for sujud, and how it is done, what to
say and so on. That explanation you will find in the Sunna of Rasulu
lass Allahu aid he was seldom, and in the Hadith in the life of
the prophet so Laaho aid he was seldom. May peace be upon him.
But when it comes to the laws of inheritance, a loss of hannah Allah
himself has explained in the greatest possible detail, more than he has explained any
other act of worship. And this all happens to be more so in one
sura, which is that sura. It is known as Sura to Nissa,
the sura named after the womenfolk. And why does a loss of Hannaha at
Allah make mention of the laws of inheritance in the Sura after the womenfolk,
because many people cheat their women when it comes to inheritance. Many people deceive
the females. Many people miscalculate and do not give them sometimes, and if
they were to give them, they would undervalue the properties so that they only
make them happy. You know, when you talk of an estate worth ten
million rands, and you tell a woman you know yours is one hundred thousand
rands, she'll be excited. So Hannahah may a loss of Hannaha at ala
Grande's protection. But if her share is two million or three million, and
we were only making happy by a figure that she became excited with, in
that case we are eating from the pieces of Jahannam, from the pieces of
hell fire. Male loss of Hannah howat Alah protect us. And this is
why a loss of Hannah howat Alah opens the Sura by making mention of certain
points regarding women and regarding the orphan children, more so the female orphan child,
though both the orphans are included male and female. But the lesson is
more for us regarding the female orphan child and a loss of Hannah howat Alah.
Before I tell you the verses that he has mentioned. Let me explain
to you what used to happen in the pagan days, what used to happen
before Islam. A woman was regarded as property. A woman was regarded as
merchandise. When someone owed someone else a large amount of money, they would
then take along their daughter and go and give her and say thank you very
much, and they would write off the debt. Sometimes they would give out
their wives, and they would give out their mothers and sisters in order to
be absolved of debt that they owed somebody else. Male loss of hannaho a
to allah protect us. That was what used to happen. When a man
dies, his wife was inherited by those whom he owed money to, or
his wife was inherited by a brother, or by an uncle, or by
someone else. Or they would write a will saying, when I die,
my wife must go to so and so, my mother must go to so
and so, my daughter must go to so and so. Male loss of
hannahow at allah protect us. So a woman was regarded as a property.
Up to today, there are certain cultures. When a woman gets married,
they charge money to give her off because they consider her a piece of property.
Male loss of Hannah. What to allah protect us? When I say,
they charge money. The father wants an amount. He says, look,
I looked after her when she was young. You've got to give me
ten thousand rands. The mother says, look, I had this, so
please, you need to give me so much. And the uncle comes and
says, hang on, when she went to school, she lived at my
house, so I need so much. All this is pagan in Islam.
It is unacceptable in Islam. When marriage occurs, there is a small gift
known as a maha. It does not translate as the word dowry, but
we can call it dowry for as long as we understand that it's not the
exact term. A mahal is a gift from the groom to the bride.
It is just a mere gifts of hannah Lah declaring that from today onwards,
the responsibility of your food, clothing and accommodation is upon myself, and that
responsibility the man is taking that responsibility giving her a token, and that token
is a mere gift known as a dowry. The father gets nothing, the
mother and the others get nothing. Yes, if someone wants to give a
gift it's up to them. As of Hannah at Ala grand is understanding.
So remembering that background, when Islam came, when the prophets are alng wha
he was seldom came. The first thing he did is he prohibited the burial
of girls. You know, people become upset when they have a girl child.
They become very angry. Sometimes ma Allah protect us. But at that
time, everyone used to get upset, say this is a girl, she's
not going to carry on my name. I rather have a boy who's going
to carry on my name, my lineage. So they used to take the
girls one day and play with them, and take them and dig a hole
and put them in the hole and tell them hang on recovering wen open just
now they cover it. They never open malella protect us. And this is
why the Koran says, oh that or so elet be at elt. When
the female child who was buried alive will be asked on the day of Teyama,
what was the sin that made you be buried alive? There was no
sin. A losses on that day. We will serve justice by taking to
task those who buried her alive. So we ask a loss of Hannah,
howat Alah to protect us. So the first thing that was prohibited, it
was prohibited to bury a girl child. Over and above that, it is
prohibited to have a bad feeling in the heart when you are blessed with a
female child. And if you have had that bad feeling, you need to
seek a loss forgiveness, because some people say, I need a I need
a boy, I need a male, And when your wife gives birth to
a female, you get upset. Oh no, it's the fourth girl.
Allah hu akabar that Hadid says, anyone who has girls, looks after them
and gets them married off, gives them a proper upbringing, gets them married
off to people who are reasonable and decent. Allah will give them paradise in
return. So hanahah, Now, how many of us want girls? Akaba?
We ask a loss of Hannah? Howat Alah to grant us whatever is
best for us boys or girls for as long as they are healthy, obedient
children. We think a loss of Hannah. Howat Alah? Then a loss
of Hannah? Howat Alah has declared and decreed that not only is it prohibited
to treat a female as property, but you need to acknowledge that she has
the right to own property. So hannaha. And this is why a loss
of hannah howat Alah says in sat Nissa regarding the women wha to sah also
a party for banala kumar in Navsa for honey marry. You must give the
women folk that gift or that mah or that dowry if you'd like to call
it, and you must give it to them in full, and they are
the owners of it. You must not take from it unless they themselves,
at their own discretion, decide to give you from it or to give you
some wealth, then you may eat it happily. Otherwise it is their wealth.
They can spend it wherever they want. And still the food, clothing
and accommodation of every female is a duty upon her closest male relative. This
is something many people don't understand. When a woman gets married in Islam,
she does not need one cent, She does not need a penny, because
her basic necessities of food, clothing, and accommodation of a basic standard.
Who owes it to her her closest male relative, in which case it would
be her husband. If she doesn't have a husband, or she is widowed
and has an adult son, then the adult son is the closest male relative.
If she doesn't have sons, then the father, and even prior to
marriage it is the father. And if she doesn't have the father, no
husband nor sons, then the brothers. If not the brothers, then the
uncles and so on. So Hannah Lah, did we know that male loss
of Hannah? Howat Alah protect us in fact, so much so that if
she does not have any male relatives at all, it is the duty of
jamah atul Musliman, the congregation of Muslims, to take care of that particular
female in her response, in her basic necessities of food, clothing, and
accommodation. So that is the background. And now a loss of Hannah.
Howat Alah speaks about the orphan child, a loss of Hannah. Howat Alah
says in this particular sura waatunaab famile point. Give the orphan child his or
her wealth, and don't change the wealth of an orphan which is good with
what you have which is bad. So sometimes what people do. The father
has left some merchandise, the father has left some goods, some stock,
and the father passes away. So there comes a guardian, seeing that these
orphans are young, or it's a girl, it's a female. Let's just
change all these beautiful irons which are Mulinik's ISNs Marcia lah that is in the
business, and let's put in these Chinese irons. I'm not saying Chinese irons
are bad, please, but I am saying that they are much cheaper as
hanaht Ala grandez baraka in our business, whether we are selling Chinese stuff or
Japanese stuff. What beats me is the two countries are right next to each
other. But if you say Japanese, I don't know why it holds a
value that the Chinese don't really hold. Hanahoat alah protect us. That's not
our topic tonight. However, let's continue to make mention of how it is
prohibited to change that which the orphan has been given by the one who is
deceased and change it with what you have, or try and usurp it,
or try and undervalue it. Sometimes they've left properties and you want the property,
so you go to the female and say, you know what that house
is worth two million brands, I'm going to give it to you, and
you know deep down it's worth ten million. Lass of Hannah Howatala grandas all
protection. Alas su Hanah Howatala says, regarding this particular issue, the issue
of giving back the wealth to the orphans in Sura to Nissa. Remember all
the verses I'm going to quote for you tonight will be from Sura to Nissa.
If I mention otherwise, then it will be from a different soura.
But this sura is the sura of women because it is close to the hearts
of women when they are cheated, when they are deceived. They are definitely
from amongst those who don't know much at times about business dealings and about property
value use and so on. And this is an address to the men folk
telling them that be careful how you deal with the women folk. Don't cheat
them, don't deceive them, even the orphans. Alas Suhanah howat Alas is
in Aladinaya Colona amaliatamaun man in Ama coloona fima was Slona s those who eat
the wealth of orphans or who deceive the orphans, they are eating the fire
of Johannam in their bellies. They are eating the fire of hell in their
bellies. And Alas says, we will then cast them into that fire sahwa
Granda's all protection. So when a person passes away, what should happen.
The reality is, I do not have a choice as to what is going
to happen with my wealth, nor do you. I do not have a
say, nor do you. In Islam, it is prohibited for anyone to
think that when they die they have a choice as to where their money is
going to go. No you don't, and no I don't. If you
did not know that, listen very carefully tonight. There is no scope for
myself or yourselves to decide what is going to happen with my wealth when I
die. Nothing. It is a last decision. And Allah says that.
So remember this. When a lass says you have to give someone, you
have to give them. When a las says you are not allowed to give
someone, you will not be allowed to give them. When a lass says
you can only give them a fifth, you can give them a fifth.
In fact, a fifth is an equation that is not really used when it
comes to inheritance. Let's use a quarter or an eighth, or a sixth,
or a third or two thirds or half laho akabal. These are equations
that are used in the Puran these are proportions that are used in the Puran.
It is a lah who decides what will happen with my wealth. When
I am alive, I can give it within the limits of a loss of
Hannah. Howatalah as a gift to whomsoever I wish. If I have children
whilst I am alive, I should try my best to be fair when it
comes to giving them whatever I am going to give them. So if I
give one child twenty thousand rands to give the other child twenty thousand rands,
male or female, they are equal whilst time alive. Whilst time alive,
male or female equal. And I must try to be just between my children
because that is something extremely important. Remember when children are very young, very
small, we need to realize that if we favor one over the other,
it will result in an inferiority complex with one and a superiority complex with the
other, and it can have far reaching mental emotional effects that will only be
felt many decades later. Mala protect us. So that is why we need
to treat all our children equally. You kiss one, you kiss the other.
You buy something for one, you buy for the other. Yes,
if one needs to be reprimanded. You reprimand them within the limits, but
you don't go beyond the limits. And remember something, don't praise one too
much in front of the other. That is oppression. This is regarding our
own children. Now, if we are meant not to praise one too much
over the other or in the presence of the other, then what do you
think about wealth? Do you think we will be allowed to be giving large
amounts to one and the other one? We say no, this one doesn't
spend. Think very carefully and sometimes write down how much money one of your
children has taken from you, and ask yourself how much have I spent on
the other one. Well, some of our children become greedy because we have
a soft spot for them. Whilst we don't realize, we accuse the other
ones of being greedy, yet they are not. May a loss of hanahawat
Allah protect us, and may he grant us understanding. So alas of hannahwat
Alah tells us that when a person passes away, the first things you need
to do with their wealth three things. One is the burial costs. The
burial costs of myself and yourselves must come out from my own estate unless there
is someone in my family or friends or relatives who would like to volunteer with
that amount, then there is no problem. I think in most cases many
people volunteer, the brothers or the family members, and they give that wealth.
When it comes to burial expenses, the coffin, the enshrouding, the
costs, the certificate, the death certificates, and so on, all that,
by right should come out of the estate. If someone volunteers, it
will be a good deed for them. The next thing that happens immediately is
the issue of paying the debts of the deceased. Remember one thing, to
go and borrow money in Islam is completely forbidden to borrow money from someone,
and to borrow something from someone is totally prohibited. It's a major sin unless
you really need it. So there is actually an exception when you borrow money
from someone. Why do you want someone else's wealth with you? Do you
know how serious a crime that is? If you rarely need it, yes,
it's allowed, if you rarely need it, there is there is an
exception. There is permissibility, but the blanket rule is that it's not allowed
unless it is needed. The profits are allowed alai Jus seldom used to come
after someone has passed away and the janaza was ready, and he used to
stand in front of the dead person to read the prayer. And he used
to look back and ask the companions alai hi dnun, does he owe anyone
any money? And if they said yes, he would turn around walk away
and tell them salu ala sahib become you guys or you people use sahabah or
the allah hanham. You can continue with the Salah. I am going away.
I cannot make to h for someone who owes someone else money love who
akaba. That is how serious it is, so much so that the sahaba
used to weep. They used to cry when they when the profits allah who
you seldom used to be walking away that one or two of them used to
say, yeah, a soula law, they are a soula law or messenger
of a law Allah. Yeah you know who, I will pay that debt
of this particular person. Come and read Salah. Then he used to look
back, turn and come back, and then he used to say Allah for
the janaza. So hannahlah. That is how serious it is to borrow money
from people to be in debt. May Allah suhnahuach Alam make us from amongst
those who can pay our debts quickly, and may he make us from those
who are not too inclined into borrowing, borrowing, borrowing. Today the trend
is the house is not yet paid, the car is not yet paid,
the business is not yet paid. This is not your paid. Everything is
higher purchase allahu akaba. When such a person dies, what happens the system
of the dunya will probably take half of the things away and will take what
you've already paid more than three quarters for it will be taken away. Why,
because we've indulged in a system that is unacceptable islamically. May a loss
of hanah howat Alah protect us. So the point I'm raising here is when
a person passes away, the second thing we will do is pay their debts.
Then, if you still have excess money, there is some scope that
Allah has allowed myself and yourselves. And let's listen very carefully. This is
a lesson, and this is a lesson in the laws of inheritance. The
scope that a loss of hannah howat Alah has permitted. He says, up
to one third of your wealth. Let's listen very carefully, up to thirty
three point three percent, reccring up to one third of your wealth. You
are allowed to bequeath it at your discretion on conditions, and those conditions are
as follows. Let me repeat that, up to thirty free percent of your
wealth, you are allowed to write it for someone whom you desire, on
condition that it is not a person whom Allah has already given a share,
like your son, your daughter, your father, your mother, and your
spouse. You are not allowed to change that share, neither decrease it nor
increase it. But a person who's not going to receive anything. Let's say,
for example, you have a relative or you have a son who's not
a Muslim, and you are a Muslim. Now, from the laws of
a loss of Hannahuatalah, that child who is not a Muslim will not receive
anything. But Allah allows you to give them something at your discretion up to
thirty three percent, which means the entire bequest must not exceed thirty three percent.
So now you can write there to say, look, my other sons
and daughters who are Muslims, they will receive so much. But I accepted
Islam. The son of mine did not. I tried with him and so
on. I still feel he's a good I'd like to give him five percent
of my entire estate. There's nothing wrong with that. You will get it
even though he's not a Muslim. Why because that Allah left at your discretion.
But if you did not write it, he won't get it. Because
Allah says, whether you write or you do not write, we will distribute
your estate all of it. But if you have written up to thirty three
point three percent, you are allowed to state whom you would like to give
wealth to. Maybe you had a maid who worked very hard and she accepted
Islam, and you would like to acknowledge it by writing, when I die,
give her ten thousand rands. There's nothing wrong with that. You want
to give ten thousand rands to a message it, you want to give one
hundred thousand rands to an orphanage, you want to do good deeds for as
long as that amount does not exceed thirty three point three percent, or the
entire amount does not exceed thirty three point three percent, you are allowed to
write it down and to request it and bequest it. Alasu hanah howach ala
grandez understanding, Let's move a little bit further so, now this is regarded
as what is known as wi yah warsia means the bequest, that is the
third thing that I have to fulfill on behalf of the deceased. If I
am the executor of that particular will, or if I am the guardian of
the person who's passed away, or if I am the person whom they have
left behind, malas hanahwat Allah make us all strong. Now, if a
person has written more than thirty three point three percent for someone, then it
is the duty of the person who is executing the will not to fulfill it
all, meaning not to fulfill it more than thirty three point three percent.
And this is something we need to understand because if that person did it intentionally,
they will be punished. And if they did it out of error,
you need to rectify the error. And if they did it intentionally, over
and above the punishment, if you rectify it, there is a chance that
Allah might forgive them. And this is why we say, let us not
punish those who've passed away from our families. Who have written wrong wills,
go and correct. I remember one thing that is so beautiful. All the
schools of thought are united when it comes to the laws of inheritance. The
basic principles of the laws of inheritance. All the schools of thought, all
the madhabs, and all the different types of the Muslims agree to that.
Because the details are in the Quran. There is no ways that we are
allowed to sway this way or that way. Say, for example, a
person has an illegitimate child, May Allah protect us all the illegitimate child will
not inherit because they are illegitimate. They will not inherit from the portions that
Allah has decreed. But Allah, so Hannah hawat Allah gives you up to
thirty three point three percent, and from that you might decide to write to
give that biological child a certain amount and they will get it. They will
receive it if you've written it, even if they are illegitimate, and even
if they are not Muslim, even if they are not related to you in
any way. Suhannah hawat Alah grant us that understanding. So if you haven't
written anything, the illegitimate child will not get up any That is why it
is important to write it down and register it with your lawyer or the accountant,
with the high courts and so on. Depending on the law of your
land. And it's important that anyone who has any amount of wealth you need
to write down what you'd like to do with that wealth. If you are
living in a non Muslim country, it is very important that you visit the
ulamah. You go and see the forms that you have in order to fill
them properly, so that your will can be written and registered with the courts
of this land, so that the day you die, it will be executed
islamically. Because we are not living in an Islamic country, so we ask
a loss of Hannah howat Alah to grant us understanding. Now let's go to
the first verse. The first verse connected to the splitting of wealth and a
loss of Hannah. Howat Alah speaks to us very beautifully, and in fact,
before I mentioned this first verse, there is one more very serious point.
The laws of inheritance are the only laws where a loss of hannahwat Alah
says, whoever does not fulfill these laws, they will go into Jahan,
into hell fire forever and ever. Wamsui laharasu lahu wayata ad dah doo dahoo
yudhil hona on hali de lahou whoever does not fulfill these particular limits of a
loss of hannahuata Allah, the degree of Allah regarding the laws of inheritance,
Alla says, they will go into hell fire forever and ever, and that
will be a severe punishment for them. Now, the Mufasirin have interpreted it
in different ways. You and I know that muslim will not be in hell
fire forever and ever. At some point they will come out. So why
is the term forever and ever used here? Number one? Some of the
lama say it is to show you the long duration of the stay in Johannam
in Hell Allah protectors. The others say that because they are verses of the
Qur'an that explicitly mention the portions. If you did not give one portion to
one person, you lost your Islam and your Imaan, and you no longer
a Muslim, because to deny one verse of the Koran you lose your Holy
i Man. And if you've lost your Imaun, you can now fall into
the category where Alas is going to Johanna forever and ever alas of hannahawa to
Allah protect us. This is so serious that the Sahama of the allahu anhum
used to make sure that they split the inheritance to the tea. And whenever
they were told something, whenever they were not sure about something, they went
to ask the most knowledgeable, and whenever there was a ruling maid, they
followed it to the tea because they did not want a few dollars and a
few grams of gold and a few ounces in this dunya to result in them
going into hell fire. Alas of hannahua to Allah protect us all. Now
let's get to that verse. Alas says, you see, come along,
lady kum li la carrims no howl in. Allah commands you. Allah instructs
you. He makes it obligatory upon you. It is compulsory upon you that
your children, male and female, they get your wealth after your death in
such a way that the male child will receive double the share of a female
child. That is justice laho akaba. Now let's pause there for a moment.
The male child will receive double that of a female child. So if
there are seventy five thousand dollars, the male will get fifty thousand and the
female will get twenty five thousand. Many people might be thinking that it's not
fair. Let me explain to you today that is the most fair judgment,
that is honoring a woman beyond what myself and yourselves could have comprehended had it
not been for the explanation of the creator. Let me now explain to you
they are non Muslims, and there are some Muslims who are weak, who
don't have knowledge, who say, how come Islam dishonors a woman by giving
her half that of what a man gets when they are both equally related to
the deceased. The answer is no. To a fool, it might seem
for a moment Mala protect us that the woman has less. But to an
intellectual who has studied Islam, he will know that that means a woman has
more. Let me explain to you she got twenty five thousand dollars and he
got fifty thousand dollars. I am telling you properly from knowledge that she has
more than him. Now let me explain, and you will smile when you
hear. Akaba, I told you moments ago that a woman, she has
no financial obligations at all, no obligations at all. Her food, clothing,
and accommodation is whose duty the closest male relative. So when there is
a brother an the sister who is the closest male relative. The brother,
the twenty five thousand she got is only hers extras for cosmetics and for doing
whatever she pleases, and for saving and investing, whereas the fifty thousand he
got. The poor man has to look after his wife, He has to
look after his mother, and the same sister who got twenty five thousand,
and himself and his children. Now there are eight people sharing the fifty thousand
and her twenty five. She is the queen. She is the queen,
sitting back, relaxing, buying all her cosmetics and enjoying life Subhannah lah.
And she still goes to the brother and says, hang on, I got
my twenty five, but I need you to pay my rent here wah.
The man says, but I only got fifty. Now you tell me who
got more. So let us understand. If the closest male relative is not
fulfilling his Islamic duty, why must you blame the Islamic law for what?
And this is why. Let's move to the next part of the verse.
Powerful alas Hannah howatala is there? He says, I know how this wealth
should be distributed? Fairly, and what I do is the most fair and
it is the most protective over the females. Listen to what alas is fakanisa
faul pathnatain inphalaulthamatarak. If there is no son and they are two daughters or
more than two daughters, then they must get two thirds of the entire estate.
So han alah, that is the biggest share you can ever hear of
when it comes to the laws of inheritance. Two thirds is going to these
two daughters because there's no son. Why did a lah give these girls such
a huge share? No male ever gets two thirds. It is only two
sisters if they are the closest to the deceased, or the two children the
two daughters. If they are the closest to the deceased and there is no
equivalent male relative with the same link to the deceased, then they will get
two thirds of the wealth. Do you know why? There are many reasons.
One of them is the minute you don't have a person who is a
male related to the dead person with a similar link as you, and you
are a female, there is a chance that the closest male relative to you
might not really look after you. Properly, So you need more wealth,
subhanah lah, subhannah lah. So now the closest male relative is an uncle,
so alas is no hang on. The uncle must look after you.
But still we want to give you two thirds just in case. Wella protect
us all, subhanah lah. And that two thirds is a large amount.
It is the biggest share that is ever spoken about in the laws of inheritance
in Islam. It is for females. Then a loss of hannah Taalah continues.
I'm sure the women must be smiling suhannah lah, and they must be
thinking not how big the share is, but how they're going to go to
all the men and tell them, Hey, my food, my clothing,
my accommodation, your responsibility. Remember one thing, and this is on serious
note, but also on a like note. You can't come and claim right
you owe me accommodation. I'm going to VNA every night. You need to
pay the bill, and you owe me, for example, food, So
I'm going every day to eat out at Nando's. So hannah lah, so
you need to pay my bill. No, he needs to pay what is
reasonable according to his capacity and according to the level that is known within the
area that you are living and within the families you are living in the alas
of Hannah, howat ala grand is understand it now, a lah continues,
alas of Hannah, howat alas is? What canat that falah? Is?
If she is just one daughter, one female, one daughter or the closest
child, the closest female child to the deceased is a sister, just one,
she gets half of the wealth, half of the entire estate, fifty
percent. That also is one of the biggest chairs. It is the second
biggest chair that is ever spoken about in inheritance. A lah, take a
look at that, look at the justice of a loss of hannahawat alah and
why because again, if she is one she needs some wealth. There might
be a person who is close to them as a male or the closest male
relative, who might not be fulfilling their duty. Like what is happening on
the globe today in the Western cultures, they have now enslaved a female and
told her, no, you must go out to work. What's the idea
they are fooling the female. You must go out to work, you must
earn money, you must have your own wealth, and so on. Then
when it comes to the end, they say fifty to fifteen. Allah ak
Look how they hang away. When it comes to food, they say,
you must chip in fifty to fifteen, whereas a Muslim male with a Muslim
female, you must say listen, if you work, it's your money.
I am still responsible for one hundred percent of the food, clothing, and
accommodation. If you want to help me, it's your goodness. If not,
then it's still your right. Male. A loss of hannahawa to alah
grant us all comfort in our homes and contentment. This is why let's not
be fooled by all different cultures and modernization that come to us from behind the
brain, not from in front of it. They come from behind the brain,
and they con us telling us, you know what, you are not
treating your females equally. In fact, today I was contacted by someone saying
they read an article where it was written that the Muslim females are putting bags
bin bags on their heads, and they are made and subjected by their males
to become little tools and objects, and they are oppressed. Lahu akaba.
I would not even respond to something of that nature because they know they just
want fame and glory. Those who want to attack Islam nowadays they want fame
and glory. They know that their own daughters are thinking about converting to Islam,
and this is why it's becoming dangerous for them. So this is the
only way. Someone sent me an e mail. Very interesting they showed me.
And this is very very interesting. They say when a woman covers her
nose and her mouth when they say she is oppressed, and they say it
is haram, and they want to prohibit it in certain countries. Allah sent
a swine flu where the whole world is covering their mouths and faces, and
even men are now in nkab so hanada. Anywhere you go, you see
them in mikhab. Allah is punishing them to say, you want the women
not to erit, we will force you to arit. A loss of Hannah.
Howa to Alah protect us all that is the power of the creator.
And people don't even realize that. They don't understand. Now when the doctor
comes with that mask, tell him, doctor, is your wife oppressing you?
So here we have the law of a loss of Hannah. A loss
of Hannah. Howat Alah tells us very very clearly that these women folk.
There are men to be looked after. If they are not being looked after,
don't blame the religion, Blame the individual, Blame the situation. A
loss of hannahawat ala grandas all understanding, then a loss of Hannah howat Alah
speaks about the parents. I've spoken about the children. Now let's speak about
the parents. Now. If there is one son, single son alone,
he will get the remainder of the estate after the dews that are fixed by
alas of hannahwat Alah. That is why the one son alone is not discussed
here, because if the son is alone or there are two sons, they
will share it equally. There are three sons, they will share it equally.
There are three sons and one daughter. What you do is you count
two shares for every male and one share for every female, and you will
then have six plus one seven shares. You divide that estate into seven and
you then give two shares to every male and one share to every female.
Males of hanahwat ala Grande is a deep understanding. So Alasu hanahwat Alah says
Wali abaikuni wa hiding in m as Sodosumi matarakak Alahu alad, the parents will
receive one sixth. The parents will receive one sixth each. If the person
who died has a That is very simple. Look at the justice in it.
If the person who died has a child, the child needs to get
something. So let's give the parents one six each because they also deserve something.
But if there is no child, then the mother will get one third
and the father will get the balance. After everybody gets so Hannah Lah,
why because they don't have a child. So who is the next closest?
The parents the strongest link to myself and yourselves when it comes to the laws
of inheritance. Your children, they are the strongest link when it comes to
the laws of inheritance. Thereafter your parents, that is the next link.
A loss of Hannah howat Alah speaks about it, and a loss of Hannah
howat alas say is for ela mia colaalado baa falium. If the man or
the person who passed away does not have a child, and the parents are
the ones who are inheriting, then the mother must get one third, the
father will get the balance. The mother must get one third. No longer
one sixth. One sixth is a smaller portion. That is, when the
man has a child, or when the deceased, even if she's a female,
has a child. But when she doesn't have a child or he doesn't
have a child, the mother will get one third and the father will get
the balance. Then alas is fakanalahoy too his sodos, And if the deceased
person has brothers or sisters, then the mother will still get one sixth.
The mother will get one sixth. Why because now the brothers and sisters come
into the picture. If they don't have children, they've got parents, and
they have brothers and sisters, then the mother will get one sixth and the
brothers and sisters will then come into the picture. They will then share the
balance. We ask a loss of hannahua talah to protect us all and to
make us from those who not only understand these rules, but who apply them
and put them into practice. Let's move first, a loss of hannahwat Alah
speaks about the husband and the wife. He says, and before he says
that, he tells us, you don't know who is closer to you in
benefit from your parents or your children. You don't know who's going to die
first, Your son might make you a rich man. When he dies,
you might get his wealth, and it might be the other way around.
You might die before him. And Alas says, you never know who will
benefit you most ah bah okum aberna unkum later donayhum a hoorabula kum na fa
your parents and your children. You do not know who are closer to you
in benefit. We ask a loss of hannahawat alah to protect us. Let
me show you a few points that are mentioned under this verse. Sometimes a
person has five sons, just an example, and four of them are with
him, They listen to him, one has never asked about him, gone
away, got married to a The father wasn't happy and possibly was swearing the
father and cursing, maybe even had a few bad habits here and there.
And the father comes to the ulama and says, I want to block this
son from getting anything because he is very, very disobedient. That is completely
harmed. It is forbidden. Didn't I tell you moments ago? You don't
decide who's gonna get Allah decides Alas sub Hannahuatala decides, you will not block
your son or your daughter, even if you don't like them, may Allah
protect us. You cannot block your father or your mother, even if you
don't like them. You cannot do that. You cannot block anyone Allah has
given, even if they are your brothers and sisters. In the case where
you don't have children, even if you don't like them, they will definitely
get a share if Allah has written it, whether you like it or not.
And this is why what happens sometimes is the four are very, very
nice because they know Dad is very rich. As soon as he dies,
I'm going to be a millionaire, so let's be good to him. So
they're very good. That one he says, listen, put Dad in his
I'm not worried no matter what, whether I get the money or not.
If Dad is committing a sin, he is committing a sin. I'm going
to speak out and I'm going to say things as of Hannah, howata Allah
protect us. So what happens. The father then wants to stop that child,
but the Alamah guide the father and say no, you cannot stop the
child from inheriting. The day the father dies, those four will be happy
enjoying their wealth. This one here might be the first one to raise his
hands to say oh Allah forgive my father. That one to our is better
than what the other four have ever done for that father. So allahs say,
is you don't know. There is a chance that that child you don't
really get on with might be the only child who will remember you for long
and long after your death. So that is why be fair when it comes
to your children, even after you've died. If the problem is solved at
that time, only Allah knows, and all is the one in charge.
A lie is the one who owns the hearts. Malus of Hannah amat Alah
grandaus a balance and make us from amongst those who are fair and just at
all times. So now let's take a look. Sometimes you have people who
say, no, I would like to sort out my money and my wealth
now so that when I die there's no problem, no fighting. That's fine,
But what that would entail is as follows. You would have to take
all your wealth and distribute it evenly between the males and the females, and
give it to them and make them the owners of it. In such a
way that you have nothing remaining, not even a house to live in.
Then you tell your son, listen, my son, out of your goodness,
can you keep me in your house until the point I die? The
son says, no problem, dad. Sometimes the sons might say, Dad,
there's the door. If they say that, then subhanahlah, the dad
has to go out. The son will be punished for not having looked after
his father bah suhanahlah. It's his right. He's got the wealth. If
the father is being a pain and interfering in the life, and that is
a problem that many young couples face interference from parents on both sides. That
is what is destroying marriages. Many times marriages are destroyed not because of a
husband and wife, because of fathers and in laws and mothers and mothers in
law. We alla protectors, not all the time, but many times.
This is why do not interfere in the independence of your children. The only
time you interfere with a married couple is when they are turning away from allah
so hannah howat alah. Whether they attend a function or not is none of
your business. If they say, mom, we don't want to attend this,
they don't have to. If they say we don't want to come here,
we don't want to eat together, no problem. Don't hate them for
that. It's their right. If they say we need our privacy, they
are given that privacy by the creator. Let them live their life. Why
do you want to interfere and destroy people's marriages? May Allah su Hannah howat
Alah make us parents and parents in law whom our children and children in law
are proud of, and not those who are cursed. Every time the daughter
in law raises her hands. Ya Allah, Yallah, take mine, mother
in law away, YadA malakulmote came. The angel of death came so much
in our area. Yallah. You're missing this address, your love. I
want to tell you it's number fifty six, your love, Allas of Hanah,
howat Allah protect us so we don't want this to happen. Love your
life in such a way that people people adore you. The way they are
going to adore you is give them their freedom. So Hannah lah allow them
to live. And this is a powerful message, probably extremely strong. I'm
sure a lot of people suffer this because as a counselor, we go through
so many things. We know exactly which buttons to press when we have to
press them. As of Hannah at Allah grand us all protection and understanding.
I see a lot of the young people smiling. I don't know whether it
is a difficulty or whether it is an ease. As of Hannah, at
Allah grand us all goodness in Chavah. So if a person then distributes his
wealth, he is not allowed to say, right, I'm giving you this
house. You will get that, property, you will get this, You
will get that when I die. You must take it the minute you say
the word when I die. Already you have no more. Say Allah has
the say. So if you want to give give it now and give it
to them, make them the owners of it in your life in such a
way that you have nothing. Or if you want to connect it to your
death, then you don't have a say. You can't say when I die,
you get this, you get that, you get this, you get
that. No, it's a loss of Hannah. Howat Ala who decides now?
Alas of Hannah, howat Ala grande is all protection and understanding. Let's
move further. Alass of Hannah, howat Ala tells us as husbands alasses waala
comnis from taraka azua ju kom ila miakun la hun nawadad for you is half
of what your wives live if they do not have children if they do not
have children. So if your wife doesn't have a child she passes away,
you get half of her estate fifty percent in Islam if she has a child
alasses for incanada hun nawalado phada komooboomi matarakna alasses. If they do have children,
then you will only get twenty five percent of the entire estate, not
fifty because we need to take consideration of her children. You as a father
might get married again and that step mother might not be as kind as the
real mother of those children. So we now need to give a share to
those children, even though you, as a father are alive. Subhanah Lah.
Look at how Allah has protected everyone, and now people want to say
the laws of inheritance are not fake Subhannah Lah. Malas of Hanah what ala
grand is understanding. Some say when the spouse dies, the other spouse must
take everything. That is also oppression because what happens to the children. They
also need a financial backing. They also need something Malas of Hanahwat Alah really
open our eyes to the truth and may he guide those who don't know the
details of Islam and the Kuran towards this Kuran and towards Islam. It is
definitely full of justice. Listen to what Allah says thereafter, whilahuarobo or me
mataktun in lamia kulla kumoelad for them meaning for the wives, is twenty five
percent of your wealth when you have died, if you have no children,
so you have no children, you pass away, your wife gets twenty five
percent. One might ask what happens to the rest? Don't worry about what
happens to them. It's not coming to you. You have died, grand
us understanding. Rather, what happens to the rest is it goes to the
others whom Allah has given the shares, the father, the mother, the
brothers, the sisters at times depending on who is the closest and so on.
Then Alas says for kan lamadom fordamonomi rocktom and if you do have a
child, then your wife will only get twelve and a half percent, which
is one eighth because your child also needs to get something, because that wife
might get married, and who knows that husband might not financially support your child
though the mother is still alive. So Alla says, we want to protect
them, hold that wealth and remember never cheat the person a loss of hanahwat
alah grant us understanding. Now we've got another issue. A person passes away.
They don't have parents, they don't have children. Now what to do
alas of hanahuatlah does us as this. They don't even have brothers, they
don't even have sisters. Alahamadala talks about this. Alas is what kajudoi Latin
him a par equally mean home as sodos for in kanokar medlic for whom shuraka
lasses. If a person passes away, they have no ascendants, no descendants,
but they only have a step brother or sister from the mother. Then
that brother or sister from the mother, if they do have that, will
get a sixth if they are alone, and if they are more than one,
then they will share one third. Now the question comes, obviously,
this is about a step brother and sister from the mother. What about a
person who's got real brothers and sisters, so they don't have mothers and fathers,
or they don't have children, but real brothers and sisters. Allah says
at the end of Sua tu nissa, very beautiful. You see these verses
are at the beginning of Sura nissa. Then Alasu Hannahowatala speaks about so many
other rules and regulations pertaining to women in that same sura, and right to
the end he ends with another rule about inheritance. Do you know why,
some of the Alama of tass say it is because when the men and when
the Muslims read Sura nissa, they will read the laws of inheritance. It
will wake them up. But by the time they read all the other things,
they might become oblivious of it. So Alla says at the end,
we put one more vers to remind you of everything else that went back,
Laho akaba. So that's why when we end the sura, we end with
one more verst to tell you listen, don't forget what we just told you,
Lahu akaba. Listen to what Alla says. Yes, steptun and oh
Muhammad salaalaha a yoursel. They ask you, they ask you a decree.
They are asking you a question about what about a pam asked ellah you ta
kum film kahlala anymore on hala kalai salahuadulah Falahann's formattarrak alas is Allah, who
will give you the ruling about al kahlala. What is the meaning of klala?
Listen very carefully. The Arabic sounds very interesting. Madla a la da
llah alla wad it a person who has no children, no parents, That
is kalala. That is a person who is kalala male or female. So
what if a person has passed away as klala meaning no children, no parents
alases, If they have a sister, the sister gets half subhanahlah fifty percent
of the wealth the sister gets. Then what happens to the rest? It
goes to the nearest. Now the uncles and aunts come into the picture and
so on. We're not going to go into that detail because we've only got
one hour to speak. And alas hu hannah. What Ala says if there
are more than one sisters without any brothers. If she is a single sister
without a brother, she gets half of his wealth, of the brother's wealth.
Imagine the sister can inherit from a brother if she is the only relative
and the one the brother has no children, no parents. And then if
there are more than one sisters alasses for in cana naini fella humatho than me.
If there are more than one, if there are two of them,
alasses, they get two thirds of the entire estate. Who's going to look
after them? But even if they are married, they're still going to get
two thirds of Hannahlah, What a lucky husband, Mashallah. Then alaso Hannah,
what alas is? What you can is waterni Jallah, he'sa fedi lakary
meth no holing you buying a long ulakum will a long inkuni in. If
there are brothers and sisters, then they will share it in such a way
that the male will get double that of a female. And I told you
that in essence is giving more to the female. Didn't we start off like
that? So, Hannahlah, we are also ending like that. Allah says,
Allah has made these laws very clear for you, so that you are
not led astray. Allah is all wise and all knowledgeable. So these are
some of the most important rules of inheritance. Look at the detail in which
the Qur'an has spoken about it. I think it is our duty that after
this appetizer, after this appetizer of the laws of inheritance, we all make
it our business to go out and learn what Allah says about inheritance. We
don't have a say. When it comes to after death, it will have
happened the way Allah wants it to happen. Yes, I did tell you.
The one third Allah is the one who gave us a discretion with certain
conditions. And this is why we are not allowed to give a person who
has already got a fixed portion in the puran. Let me mention a few
more very interesting points. When is a person blocked from inheriting? When will
they not inherit? That's a good question. One of the times when a
person will not inherit is if he or she was the murderer of the one
they are supposed to have inherited from. If he or she had murdered the
one whom they were supposed to inherit from, they won't inherit, not at
all, not in a million years. Because Allah needs to protect a rich
man from his own sons first before others, and from his own daughters.
I've heard of stories where a big life policy is taken out on someone and
the son kills the person in order to get the money from that insurance.
Allah protectors, so alasa is if there is homicide, they, if there
is murder, they You won't get a penny. You won't even get a
penny, not even a rand, not even a dollar, not even a
gram. Alas subhanah much Allah grant us all protection al khatilu diaris. The
one who kills will not inherit from the one day of killed. So that
is one another issue. A person who is not a Muslim. I've touched
on this at the beginning, but let me just end with it. If
a person is not a Muslim, sometimes people say, oh, the son
is not a Muslim, the father's not a Muslim. They're not going to
inherit. That statement is accurate, but inaccurate, which means they won't inherit
from allas shaise. Because when alasays your sons get so much, he's talking
of the muslim sons, your daughter's, your children, he's talking of the
Muslims, your husband, your father, your mother, he's talking of the
Muslims. If you have any of these relatives who are not Muslims. Now,
Alas is up to thirty three percent. For as long as your entire
bequest does not exceed thirty three percent, you are allowed to write for them
a will, on condition that it is witnessed and signed and authenticated how much
you would like that non Muslim child or parent or brother or sister to get,
and the total amount must not exceed thirty three point three percent. And
the last point I'd like to end with is it is very important that we
draw up our wills, very important, utmost importance. If we die interstate
interstate means without a will, then I don't know what is the law of
the land here in this country. But sometimes your wealth might not be distributed
properly. Let us go and attend seminars which teach us the laws of inheritance.
And it is important also when you write something down, even if you're
writing it on a piece of paper, get witnesses to witness and sign.
Get witnesses to witness and signed. Don't think I've told my children and that's
enough. No, get witnesses, independent witnesses to witness and sign what you've
written. Well, loss of howat Ala Grandez or Jenna, and save us
from helfire. Remember a person who denies even one of the laws of a
law Suhannah Howatala from the Quran may well be losing their email and may well
be cast in hell fire. We don't want that to happen. May Allah
forgive us. If anyone has usurped anyone's wealth in any way, give it
back today before tomorrow. Phone them tonight and tell them. Listen, my
dear sister, we cheated you. We undervalued the property. I owe you
three million brands. Please give me two years to pay you. The sister
Suhanaha might even cry and Subhanaha, it might be the means of our entry
into Jenna a Sonala who is Seldam Abarakala mean Mohammad Suhannah lah Bhamdi Sabhana Klamam
antanasta Uru Kawana too