{"id":1014,"date":"2019-06-12T19:49:44","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T17:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themufti.com\/?p=1014"},"modified":"2019-06-12T19:49:46","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T17:49:46","slug":"muslims-inheriting-from-non-muslims-in-secular-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/?p=1014","title":{"rendered":"Muslims inheriting from non-Muslims in secular states"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Muslims inheriting from non-Muslims in secular states<\/strong><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Q. In South Africa, can a Muslim inherit or accept a bequest from a non-Muslim? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A.<\/strong> In principle, if a non-Muslim passes away and is survived by Muslims heirs, it <strong>will not <\/strong>be permissible for the deceased\u2019s (non-Muslim) Muslims heirs to inherit from his\/her estate. <strong>This ruling is applicable to an Islamic State.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a secular state, <\/strong><strong>like South Africa, the above ruling does not apply.<\/strong> Hence, if a non-Muslim passes away and is survived by Muslims heirs, it <strong>will be<\/strong> permissible for the deceased\u2019s Muslims heirs to inherit from his\/her estate.<\/p>\n<p>In the case of a non-Muslim bequeathing from his\/her estate to his\/her Muslim heirs or any Muslim, it <strong>will be<\/strong> permissible for Muslim heirs or Muslims to accept a non-Muslims bequest <strong>without any limitation to the value of one third of the estate.<\/strong> A Muslim can accept a bequest from a non-Muslim over and above the one-third value of the estate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> The above ruling is primarily based on the premise that Islamic Laws are not binding on non-Muslims in a non-Muslim\/secular state. <strong>(Shaami 6\/655\/Imadaadul Ahkaam 4\/627-628)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In terms of non-Muslims inheriting from Muslims or Muslims making bequests in favor of non-Muslims, it is binding upon Muslims to adhere to the Islamic Laws and Principles of Shariah. Therefore, a Muslim cannot make a non-Muslim an heir and neither can a Muslim bequeath more than one third of his\/her estate to a non-Muslim. In such an instance, it is necessary (Waajib) upon Muslims living in non-Muslim\/secular states to sign an Islamic Will ensuring the distribution of theirs estates according to the Islamic Laws of Succession and Inheritance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Allah Ta\u2019ala Knows Best<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mufti Ismaeel Bassa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>themufti.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muslims inheriting from non-Muslims in secular states Q. In South Africa, can a Muslim inherit or accept a bequest from a non-Muslim? A. In principle, if<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mirath"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1014"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1016,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1014\/revisions\/1016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}