Entire Inheritance In Favor Of Son
A person has the authority to give any portion or even his/her entire wealth to anyone he wants during his lifetime. Inheritance is only distributed according to the Sharia law from any amount that might remain after the person’s will which could be written or verbal. From the situation that you have explained, you and your children have no right on the property that was willed to your brother during your father’s lifetime. Any hurdles that you create in your brother exercising his right to sell the property are also not correct and may be considered sinful in the court of God. It is therefore advised that you remedy the situation as soon as possible and sincerely ask your brother as well as God for forgiveness. Whether or not your father was justified in his decision to give all of his wealth to your brother before his death is something that will have to wait to be decided on the Day of Judgement. If you were indeed wronged then please be certain that you will be handsomely compensated for your loss as God has promised to render complete justice on that day.
Thank you for your response. Could you please clarify if this your opinion or Ghamidi Sb’s ?
From your original post: Our father passed away 30 years ago and on his death bed said “I am a poor man” – to which understanding was that we should not lay claims on any inheritance as our brother is young and it should be security for him . If the mutual understanding between your father and the people present on the occasion was that he is leaving the property to his son then my previous response is valid. If, however, I misunderstood your above passage then a legal option is your only recourse. As for the differences of opinion, Ghamidi sahab has explained his understanding of the entire inheritance law below: Discussion 10380 Please feel free to go over this and accept the position that you find more compelling.