{"id":1813,"date":"2011-08-29T15:10:02","date_gmt":"2011-08-29T15:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/wp\/?p=1812"},"modified":"2011-08-29T15:10:02","modified_gmt":"2011-08-29T15:10:02","slug":"gifts-to-children-during-lifetime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/gifts-to-children-during-lifetime\/","title":{"rendered":"Gifts to children during lifetime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tGifts to Children during lifetime\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n\t<strong>In the name of Allah, the most Beneficent, the most Merciful. <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<h1>\n\t<strong>Answer <\/strong><br \/>\n<\/h1>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThere are four categories of giving gifts to one&rsquo;s children.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n\t\tWhere the parents intend to harm and avoid giving the rights to the children. This is Makruh Tahrimi.\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tWhere the parents do not intend to harm the children or avoid giving their rights, however, there is no valid reason of preference of one child over another, this will be Makruh Tanzihi.\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tIf one child is preferred due to him being in the path of Allah, such as studying sacred knowledge, then it is desirable to prefer one child over the other.\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tIf a child is deprived from receiving extra wealth due to him being irreligious and a sinner then it is mustuhub to deprive him. (Bahrur Raaiq p.288 v.7 &amp; Ahsanul Fatawa p.256 v.7)\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWith regards to your question, in principle it is permissible for your mother to gift the house to you. However, if she did it to refrain from giving the rights of your siblings then it will be Makruh Tahrimi, but the gift is Islamically correct.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWhen your mother handed the gift to you and you took it into your possession then this gift will be considered as yours and your brother and two sisters would not have any rights to the house. (Raddul Muhtar p.492 v.8)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe estate of your father will be distributed in the following way:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 48&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWife&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Son&nbsp; (4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Son&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Daughter&nbsp; (2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Daughter\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp; 6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 14&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 14&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 7\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe mother will receive 6 shares from the total estate. Each of the brothers will receive 14 shares and the sisters will each receive 7 shares.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tOnly Allah Knows Best\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMohammed Tosir Miah\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tDarul Ifta Birmingham.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Gifts to Children during lifetime &nbsp; In the name of Allah, the most Beneficent, the most Merciful. &nbsp; Answer &nbsp; There are four categories&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1813"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1813\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}