Ruling on adopting a foundling

One of my relatives found a baby, whose age at that time was just a few hours old....

Revenue from endowed land

Are the payments for having permission to hire Waqf [endowment] included in its revenue or a part of...

Repeating Hajj

Is it preferable to perform Hajj every year for whoever wishes to do so and it is not...

Starting by distributing the inheritance or repaying the debt

A man died and left behind a lot of money for his children. The deceased is also indebted to...

Repaying the debt of a deceased debtor to a deceased creditor

I am a fourteen-year-old young man and my father died ten years ago. He borrowed 40 Arabian Riyals from...

Repaying the deceased's debt to the Real Estate Development Fund before fulfilling the will, unless one of the children repays it

Questions: Q 1: My father took a loan from the Real Estate Development Fund to build a house, but he...

Repaying the deceased's debt in full before distributing the inheritance

Is it permissible for a son who settled his deceased father’s 30,000 riyal debt, as the father had little...

Repaying the deceased's debt before distributing the inheritance

To Your Eminence we submit the fatwa request regarding the fact that the heirs of the deceased Ibrahim Sa’d...

The remaining amount of Mahr with the husband as a part of the wife's inheritance

Kindly be informed that I agreed to pay sixty thousand Riyals (60,000) as Mahr (mandatory gift to a bride...

Obligation of repaying the deceased's debt before the inheritance

A person died leaving behind a wife and some children. He owes more than 100,000 Riyals to someone. He...

Obligation of repaying the deceased's debt before distributing the shares of inheritors

Before his death, my father borrowed 3,000 Kuwaiti dinars and willed that this debt be repaid. Given that I...

Obligation of Hajj even in the company the followers of Bid'ah

We would like to inform you that many of our Sunni Muslim brothers who live on the Persian...

New revert entering the Sacred Precincts without changing his name

Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta’ has read what was sent by to the General Chairman by...

Merit of Hajj

Are major sins forgiven by virtue of Hajj Mabrur (Hajj sincerely done, not mixed with any sin, and...

Importance of Makkah to Muslims

How important is Makkah to the Muslim world? Answer: Allah has made Makkah a place of resort...

Impermissibility of paying Sadaqah from the inheritance without the heirs' permission

If a person dies, is it permissible to give, in Sadaqah (voluntary charity), to the poor from their money...

Illegitimate children should be attributed to their mother

I am a 24-year old man studying in America. Two years ago, I met an American girl and after...

Ibrahim's proclamation to mankind to perform Hajj

Qestion: It is claimed that Allah (Exalted be He) ordered His Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him) to proclaim...

A husband's inheritance from his wife

A woman was killed and her family accepted the Diyah (blood money). Can her husband inherit from this Diyah?...

A husband died after lending his wife some money without her repaying it

A wife borrowed a sum of money from her husband and he stipulated that she has to repay it...