Hassan Ilyas' Law Of Inheritance Videos
The Islamic law of Inheritance has been discussed at length by Ghamidi Sahab. You can refer to the written article or videos made available in the following thread ( You can study the concept and application of Kalalah in depth here ): Discussion 10380 Regarding Kalala, following summarized comments might help from the above article: …” Together with these rightful heirs, apart from them or in their absence a deceased can make a near or a distant relative (Kalalah) except his parents, and children his heir. If the relative who is made an heir has one brother or one sister then he or she shall be given a sixth of his share and he himself shall receive the remaining five sixth. However, if he has more than one brother and sister then they shall be given a third of his share and he himself shall receive the remaining two thirds “…
Thanks @UmerQureshi . This article is helpful but I have one specific questions in my note which I have detailed for Hassan Ilyas sb. In short what I am asking is that according to Ghamidi sb., inheritance goes to Kalala if there are no rightful heirs. I think what is left, after distributing to rightful heirs, goes to Kalala. I need Ghamidi sb.’s opinion on that.
Actually I have tried to answer this very question in my reply that I shared with you in a brief way. To elaborate further, please read this to better understand Ghamidi Sahab’s view regarding parent’s shares both in the presence and absence of children and Siblings: …” According to the linguistic principles of Arabic, after the words fali ummihi thuluth (the mother’s share is one third) the words wa li abīhi thuluthān (and the father’s share is two thirds) or words of similar meaning have been suppressed, as is being readily suggested by the words wa warithahu abwāhu (and his parents are his heirs). Hence, this mention is a clear proof of the suppression. When it is said ‘if the heirs of this money are only Zaid and Ali, Zaid’s shares is one thirds’ then after this there is no need to say that ‘the remaining two thirds is for Ali’—something which is understood by all requisites of common sense. Also, in our estimation, after fa in kāna lahu ikhwatun fa li ummihis sudus (and if he has brothers and sisters then the mother’s share is the same one sixth) the words wa li abīhis sudusu aidhan (and the father’s share is also one sixth) or words having a similar meaning have been suppressed. The contextual indication for this is also very evident. If the brothers and sisters are present then the mother’s share is the same one sixth as in the case when a deceased has children. This also bears witness to the fact that the father’s share is also the same and that there is no need to express it in words. If a reader relishes the finer aspects of a language, he instinctively concludes that if the mother’s share has reverted to its original amount, so should the father’s share. Thus in our opinion the correct analysis of these verses is: ‘If there are children, both the father and the mother shall receive one-sixth. If there are no children and only parents are the heirs, the mother’s share is a third, but if there are brothers and sisters, the mother’s share is the same one sixth’. One can very well see how this style effectively induces the mind to spontaneously jump to the suppressed words:’and the fathers share is also the same one sixth.’ It is clear from these verses that in the absence of children, brothers and sisters take their place. Our view is endorsed by the last verses of the surah, but we will delay an explanation until the end, when these verses shall be discussed. The word ikhwatun, in our consideration, only signifies the existence of a being. It merely specifies that in the presence of brothers and sisters regardless that they are one, two, or more in number, the parental shares revert to their original amount. Plurality here does not indicate a numerical amount, rather it only denotes the existence of an entity “… (Excerpt from Law of Inheritance: Javed Ahmed Ghamidi) I hope this will help.