{"id":8114,"date":"2015-07-04T17:51:03","date_gmt":"2015-07-04T17:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/?p=8114"},"modified":"2020-07-02T09:20:10","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T09:20:10","slug":"can-a-stepson-inherit-from-his-stepfather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/can-a-stepson-inherit-from-his-stepfather\/","title":{"rendered":"Can a Stepson Inherit From His Stepfather?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: right;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 01793<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Answered by&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;\">Mufti&nbsp;Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Question:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">I built a house for my step dad when he was alive. He is now deceased and my step siblings are claiming the property. Can I reclaim it, what is the ruling according to Sharia? If my step dad&#39;s properties are being distributed can I inherit anything from him?<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px;\">\n\t<strong style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.6em;\">Answer:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Bismillah.jpg\" rel=\"\" target=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Bismillah\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6518 alignnone\" height=\"50\" src=\"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Bismillah.jpg\" title=\"\" width=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">When you built the house for your stepfather and you gave it to him, he i.e. your stepfather has become the rightful owner of it.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">A stepson does not inherit from his stepfather as there is no cause for inheritance between the stepson and the stepmother.&nbsp; The causes of inheritance are lineage, slave-to-master and marriage.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Therefore, unfortunately you do not have a right in the house you built for your stepfather. However, you should not feel upset or let down as you have done a good deed which you will be repaid for in the Hereafter.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Only Allah Knows Best<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatwa ID: 01793 Answered by&nbsp;Mufti&nbsp;Mohammed Tosir Miah Question: I built a house for my step dad when he was alive. 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