Inheritance On The Basis Of Benefit
“The share of daughters is not nonexistent “ Yes I do understand that the share of a daughter is not non existent . I didn’t mean as a daughter. I meant as a daughter in law since she is the one who invariably end up taking care of her husband’s parents . “and that of wife is by no means insignificant.” Mr Ghamdi in his explanation about half share of a daughter said that it’s because her manfat is transferred to that of her husband’s house. Now in such a situation a woman is not at fault if she assumed that she is entitled to getting her remaining half share from her husband’s inheritance to whom her benefit has been transferred . But instead she gets only 1/8th even though she was dependent financialy on her husband and now has to bear the expenses of looking after their children on her own. Lemme explain this with an example; I work at firm A. I am told that I will get only half of my provident funds at the end of 6 years contract at firm A because I will be transferred to a sister firm B after 3 years and thus can claim my remaining half from firm B at the end of 3 years spent their. In the end, to my disappointment, I find out that firm B is offering me only 1/8 of my anticipated share. Isn’t it quite a conundrum? Sometimes I don’t blame men for being insensitive towards the issues women raise because men are comfortable in the thought that they will never be at the receiving end of this problem. So it’s very easy for them to disregard a woman’s concern and try and pacify her by saying “it’s not a big deal”. But trust me , for her it is and this is why she makes a desperate attempt to understand it. Weather a woman voices it or not inheritance divisions are not easy for women to understand or come to terms with. It’s their faith in Allah that saves their day.
Miss Rukhsana, I totally agree with you. You are very reasonable person. One thing I noticed in your response is that you are referring to husbands who are not recognizing the contribution of their wife or restricting their freedom. Well, it doesn’t seem to be religious issue, but the issue with some husbands who need to follow Islam and also learn some manners. Both should appreciate each other’s contribution. You proposed a solution that all person over the age of 60 should be required to have a will. Great idea. Perhaps it would be even better that all working people or people with assets over the age of 18 need to create a will and update it yearly along with their tax filing.