Question 1367: A man passes away with no children, but has a wife, several sisters, and several nephews. Do his nephews also inherit?

213 01 Jan 2022
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لَو أَنَّ رَجُلَاً ماتَ وَ تَرَکَ زوجَتَهُ وَ أَخَوَاتِه وَ لَمْ یَکُنْ لَهُ وَلَدٌ و لَهُ إبْنُ أَخٍ، هَلْ یَرِثُ مِنهُ إِبْنُ أخِیه؟

✅Answer: Please pay attention to the following narrations:

1 عَنْ أَبِی أَیُّوبَ الْخَزَّازِ وَ غَیْرِهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِی جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ: لَا یَرِثُ مَعَ الْأُمِّ وَ لَا مَعَ الْأَبِ وَ لَا مَعَ الِابْنِ وَ لَا مَعَ الِابْنَةِ إِلَّا الزَّوْجُ وَ الزَّوْجَةُ وَ إِنَّ الزَّوْجَ لَا یُنْقَصُ مِنَ النِّصْفِ شَیْئاً إِذَا لَمْ یَکُنْ وَلَدٌ وَ الزَّوْجَةَ لَا تُنْقَصُ مِنَ الرُّبُعِ شَیْئاً إِذَا لَمْ یَکُنْ وَلَدٌ فَإِذَا کَانَ مَعَهُمَا وَلَدٌ فَلِلزَّوْجِ الرُّبُعُ وَ لِلْمَرْأَةِ الثُّمُنُ.

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 7, p. 82

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) said: With the presence of a father, mother, son, or daughter, no one inherits except the husband and wife!

And indeed, the husband's share is not less than half if there are no children, and the wife's share is not less than a quarter if there are no children. And if there are children with them, the husband's share is one-quarter and the wife's share is one-eighth!

2 عَنْ أَبِی أَیُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ إِنَّ فِی کِتَابِ عَلِیٍّ أَنَّ الْعَمَّةَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْأَبِ وَ الْخَالَةَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْأُمِّ وَ بِنْتَ الْأَخِ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْأَخِ وَ کُلَّ ذِی رَحِمٍ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الرَّحِمِ الَّذِی یُجَرُّ بِهِ إِلَّا أَنْ یَکُونَ وَارِثٌ أَقْرَبَ إِلَی الْمَیِّتِ مِنْهُ فَیَحْجُبُهُ.

📚Al-Tahdhib, Vol. 9, p. 325

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: Indeed, it is mentioned in the book of Ali (peace be upon him): Indeed, the paternal aunt is like the father, and the maternal aunt is like the mother, and the brother's daughter is like the brother, and every relative is like the relative through whom he or she is drawn and has a close relation, unless there is an heir who is closer to the deceased, in which case he or she will prevent him or her from inheriting!

3 عَنْ أَبِی عُبَیْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِی جَعْفَرٍ فِی رَجُلٍ مَاتَ وَ تَرَکَ امْرَأَتَهُ وَ أُخْتَهُ وَ جَدَّهُ قَالَ هَذِهِ مِنْ أَرْبَعَةِ أَسْهُمٍ لِلْمَرْأَةِ الرُّبُعُ وَ لِلْأُخْتِ سَهْمٌ وَ لِلْجَدِّ سَهْمَانِ.

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 7, p. 110

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) said about a man who dies and leaves behind his wife, his sister, and his grandfather: This is from the cases of four shares: one-fourth is for the wife, and (the rest) one share is for the sister and two shares are for the grandfather!

✅Based on the above narrations and others, if a man passes away and has no children, and his wife remains, she inherits one-fourth from him.

Also, according to the above narrations and others, sisters inherit as heirs of the second class if there is no father, mother, or children, even if a grandfather or grandmother exists. But according to narration 2, the deceased's nephew inherits in the absence of a brother, only if there is no closer heir who would prevent him from inheriting, and in our case, since the deceased's sister is present, there is no share for the nephews and they are prevented from inheriting by the sister.

✅Therefore, in our question, after giving one-fourth to the wife, the remaining property is divided among the deceased's sisters.

✅ It is worth mentioning that a wife with no children does not inherit from some of her husband's property, which will be discussed in a separate section. If Allah wills.

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْر

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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Review

Question 474: What is the criterion for the time of the Maghrib (sunset) prayer and the permissibility of breaking the fast?

Maghrib prayer time

breaking the fast

sunset

prayer

caution

Maghrib time

sunset

east

Witr prayer

Maghrib prayer

https://feghh14.com/en/657

Question 475: Is sleeping alone condemned, and what should be done in case of necessity?

sleeping alone

condemnation of sleeping alone

urine

stagnant water

Satan

remembrance

insanity

curse

Satan's greatest effort towards man

https://feghh14.com/en/659

Question 476: What is the ruling on dissecting and cutting open the body of a deceased person for various purposes?

dissection

autopsy

deceased

alive

life

death

blood money

severe doubt

cutting off organs of a brain-dead person

multiple severe doubts

organ transplantation

modern issues

new issues

https://feghh14.com/en/660

Question 477: What is the ruling on chess in the narrations of the Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them)?

chess

invalid

month of Ramadan

Zoroastrianism

curse

playing with chess and backgammon

backgammon

playing

backgammon

forbidden

Satan

Quranic verse about chess

chess

disbelief

polytheism

major sin

destructive major sin

drum

tambourine

Yazid

beer

Shiites

abolition

amusement

prohibition and severe condemnation of chess and beer

malt beverage

barley water

intoxicating fermented beverage

Yazid's game and drink

https://feghh14.com/en/661

Question 478: Can a person have a tooth extracted while fasting?

fasting

tooth

tooth extraction while fasting

https://feghh14.com/en/666

Question 479: Recently in Iran, digging a well requires a license. Is performing ablution and ghusl with water from an unlicensed well invalid?

well

https://feghh14.com/en/667

Question 480: A traveler who arrives at his hometown or a place where he intends to stay for ten days during the month of Ramadan, in what circumstances can he fast on the day of his arrival at the hometown or place of residence?

month of Ramadan

hometown

intention to stay for ten days

fast

make-up

nocturnal emission

obligatory

month of Ramadan

obligatory

ghusl

traveler's fast

https://feghh14.com/en/668

Question 481: What is the ruling on buying and selling wine and pork?

wine

pork

khmar

pork

forbidden

price of wine

wine drinker

wine server

seller

buyer

curse

price of wine, dowry of adultery

price of a non-hunting dog

what is 'suht'?

https://feghh14.com/en/670

Question 482: What actions should we perform on the nights of the 19th, 21st, and 23rd of the month of Ramadan?

night

21st night

23rd night

month of Ramadan

supplication

prayer

Night of Qadr

one hundred rak'ahs

revival

ghusl

23rd night of Ramadan

one hundred rak'ahs of prayer

livelihood

path

punishment

Paradise

dawn

sins

supplicating

reappearance

the Qaim of the Family of Muhammad

al-Rum

al-Ankabut

Surah al-Qadr

23rd night of Ramadan

visitation

visitation of Husayn

https://feghh14.com/en/671

Question 483: If a person is performing the Friday ghusl and the time for the Dhuhr prayer arrives, and the rest of his ghusl is completed after the sun's decline, does he have to repeat the ghusl?

Friday ghusl

https://feghh14.com/en/681

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یَا مَوْلَاتِی یَا فَاطِمَةُ أَغِیثِینِی

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْرَ

اللَّهُمَّ کُنِ الطَّالِبَ لَهَا مِمَّنْ ظَلَمَهَا وَ اسْتَخَفَّ بِحَقِّهَا

یَا مَوْلَاتِی یَا فَاطِمَةُ أَغِیثِینِی

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْرَ

A curse upon the one who founded Saqifah

A curse upon everyone who became caliph unjustly

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Review

Question 484: Can a menstruating woman read the Quran?

menstruating

Quran

post-natal bleeding

ritually impure

caution

reading Quran for a ritually impure person and a menstruating woman

https://feghh14.com/en/682

Question 485: How are the supererogatory prayers of the month of Ramadan performed?

supererogatory prayers of Ramadan

month of Ramadan

supererogatory prayers

supererogatory prayer

salam

saying salam

ghusl

Night of Qadr

one hundred rak'ahs

one thousand rak'ahs

supererogatory prayers

Tarawih prayer

congregation

https://feghh14.com/en/683

Question 486: What is the farewell of the month of Ramadan and how is it performed?

farewell of Ramadan

farewell

last Friday of Ramadan

last night of Ramadan

https://feghh14.com/en/684

Question 487: Is it permissible to send blessings upon Shiites?

Shiites

blessings

https://feghh14.com/en/686

Question 488: What is the ruling on praying in a room that contains statues and images of living beings?

praying

statue

image

qibla

prayer

image that is on a carpet

statues

mosques with images

farewell of Ramadan

supplication of every night of the last ten days of Ramadan

supplication of the last night of Ramadan

https://feghh14.com/en/688

Question 489: What does it mean to 'eat through religion' and what are its cases?

eating through religion

receiving payment for the call to prayer and prayer

religion

world

dissimulation

goal

intention

students of knowledge

reason for the permanence of the works of righteous scholars

call to prayer

prayer

giving testimony

teaching the Quran

payment

poor

receiving payment for the call to prayer and prayer

receiving payment for teaching the Quran

teaching the Quran

curse

bribe

call to prayer with payment

prayer with payment

https://feghh14.com/en/693

Question 490: Can the zakat al-fitr be sent to another city?

zakat al-fitr

fitrah

https://feghh14.com/en/701

Question 491: Some doctors recommend fasting for one day after Eid al-Fitr. Is there any recommendation for this fast in the narrations?

Eid al-Fitr

fasting

Eid al-Adha

Eid al-Fitr

eating

drinking

disliked

day of Eid al-Fitr

days of eating and drinking

optional

disliking of fasting three days after Eid al-Fitr

https://feghh14.com/en/703

Question 492: How is traveling to foreign countries, especially to countries of disbelievers, for entertainment?

traveling

entertainment

travel

wise person

the afterlife

livelihood

non-forbidden pleasure

prayer

fear

necessity

tayammum

religion

prayer

https://feghh14.com/en/704

Question 493: In this time when the ruler of the Land of Revelation is a disbelieving and oppressive ruler, is it permissible to go for Hajj and Umrah, which seems to be pouring money into the pockets of the enemies of the Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them)?

Hajj

Umrah

able

Mecca

Medina

Kufa

punishment

https://feghh14.com/en/705

Question 494: Can the zakat al-fitr be given to a 'mut'ah' (temporary wife)?

zakat al-fitr

zakat

family

sustenance

mut'ah

https://feghh14.com/en/706

Question 495: What is the duty of a person who realizes that he has prayed without ablution?

ablution

prayer

time

purity

ghusl

tayammum

repeating

qibla

bowing

prostration

without ablution

call to prayer

iqamah

make-up

https://feghh14.com/en/707

Question 496: What is the ruling on keeping a dog and a cat?

dog

cat

disliked

hunting dog

hunting dog

herd dog

dog

image

statue

prayer

sheep

goat

cow

camel, donkey

mule

chicken

rooster

pigeon

dove

keeping a dog in the house

https://feghh14.com/en/708

Question 497: If a part of a garment becomes impure, does the whole garment need to be washed, or can only the impure part be washed?

impure

washing

blood

impurity

https://feghh14.com/en/709

Question 498: I am in the business of raising chickens and chicks. Sometimes a chick is born disabled or becomes sick, and raising it is not profitable. Can I slaughter it and throw it away?

slaughter

rectification of property

faith

wastefulness

https://feghh14.com/en/710

Question 499: Who has permission and priority to place a woman in the grave?

grave

sunnah

woman's grave

burying the deceased

remembrance of death

https://feghh14.com/en/711

Question 500: It has been said that the prayer of a person who drinks wine is not accepted for 40 days. What is the ruling on his prayer?

wine

intoxicant

wine

prayer

https://feghh14.com/en/712

Question 501: What are the conditions for ablution and ghusl with a bandage?

ablution and ghusl with a bandage

bandage

ablution

ghusl of ritual impurity

Friday ghusl

wiping

wound

prayer

https://feghh14.com/en/713

Question 502: What is the ruling on the skin that is peeled from the lips with the hand or teeth? What is the ruling on eating it?

carrion, forbidden

blood

pork

impurity

https://feghh14.com/en/714

Question 503: Does washing an impure garment in an automatic washing machine purify it?

impure, automatic washing machine

purification, flowing water

istinja

https://feghh14.com/en/715

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اللَّهُمَّ کُنِ الطَّالِبَ لَهَا مِمَّنْ ظَلَمَهَا وَ اسْتَخَفَّ بِحَقِّهَا

یَا مَوْلَاتِی یَا فَاطِمَةُ أَغِیثِینِی

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْرَ

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Review

Question 504: I live in a Western country, and here, the interiors of cars and many seats in the university are made of leather. Some are natural leather, and some are leather mixed with animal skin and chemicals.

carrion

tanning

dry

https://feghh14.com/en/716

Question 505: Do children whose mother has passed away inherit from their maternal grandparents? That is, does a child whose mother died before her grandparents inherit from her grandparents?

inheritance

grandchild's inheritance

https://feghh14.com/en/717

Question 506: One of our family members recently says that I do not believe in God and the Ahl al-Bayt and insults the sacred. Is such a person impure?

impure

denial

denier

doubt

disbeliever

apostate

denial

Imam

https://feghh14.com/en/718

Question 507: A person intends to build a building, and a fruit tree is in the way. Is it permissible to cut down this fruit tree?

fruit tree

fruit trees

cutting

punishment

sidr tree

grapevines

date palm tree

disliked

cutting down a tree

cutting down fruit trees

https://feghh14.com/en/719

Question 508: Today, some iron and zinc pills are extracted from their stone element. Is eating them forbidden, based on the prohibition of soil?

forbidden

carrion

blood

pork

temptation

obsession

hypocrisy

three things are from obsession

nail

punishment

boundaries

https://feghh14.com/en/720

Question 509: What is the divorce of a woman whose husband has gone missing?

divorce

missing

waiting period

https://feghh14.com/en/722

Question 510: Can one pray in clothes that are imported from non-Muslim countries, or do they need to be washed?

prayer clothes

certainty

knowledge

https://feghh14.com/en/723

Question 511: Is breaking an egg to ward off the evil eye correct?

evil eye

warding off the evil eye

faith

gossip

slander

corruption

extravagance

wastefulness

having a bad opinion

calumny

supplication

charity

https://feghh14.com/en/724

Question 512: Who is called a 'person who doubts a lot' and what is his duty?

person who doubts a lot

forgetfulness

a lot

duty of a person who doubts a lot

bowing, doubt, prostration

certainty

repeating

https://feghh14.com/en/725

Question 513: Is it permissible to acquire work tools for (needy) people and rent them to them?

work tools

rent

https://feghh14.com/en/726

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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

[تفسیر القمی] الْحُسَیْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْمُعَلَّی عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَیْلِ عَنْ أَبِی حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِی جَعْفَرٍ علیه السلام: فِی قَوْلِهِ إِنَّها لَإِحْدَی الْکُبَرِ نَذِیراً لِلْبَشَرِ [۱] قَالَ یَعْنِی فَاطِمَةَ علیها السلام.

[1]: 1. Al-Muddathir: 38 and 39.

📚Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 43

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) said about the words of Allah:

(Indeed, they are one of the greatest (signs), a warner for humanity.)

Verses 38 and 39 of Surah Al-Muddathir

He said: Meaning Fatima (peace be upon her).

یَا مَوْلَاتِی یَا فَاطِمَةُ أَغِیثِینِی

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْرَ

اللَّهُمَّ کُنِ الطَّالِبَ لَهَا مِمَّنْ ظَلَمَهَا وَ اسْتَخَفَّ بِحَقِّهَا

یَا مَوْلَاتِی یَا فَاطِمَةُ أَغِیثِینِی

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْرَ

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Review

Question 514: I was a professional musician and stopped after seeing the hadiths on the prohibition of music, but I have expensive instruments. Can I sell them?

musician

music

forbidden

buying and selling

corruption

usurious transaction

carrion

blood

pork

meat of various types of predatory and wild animals and birds

skin

wine

impure

حرامِ

pure corruption

barbat

reed pipe

chess

cross

idol

barbat

musical instruments

reed pipes

https://feghh14.com/en/727

Question 515: In case a dog comes into contact with the body and clothes, how are they purified?

dog

purification

dry

moisture

washing

impure

https://feghh14.com/en/728

Question 516: Does a supererogatory prayer that was abandoned due to illness have a make-up?

supererogatory prayer

make-up

supererogatory prayer

make-up

supererogatory prayers

supererogatory prayer

https://feghh14.com/en/729

Question 517: Is there a narrative source for testifying to the righteousness of the deceased when burying him?

testifying to the righteousness of the deceased

believer

believers

https://feghh14.com/en/731

Question 518: Can a poor person who receives zakat al-fitr spend it only on wheat, rice, and dates, or can he spend it in other ways as well?

zakat al-fitr

zakat

poor

rich

marriage

Hajj

permissibility of paying the value of zakat al-fitr

https://feghh14.com/en/732

Question 519: Can a woman lead a congregational prayer for women?

woman

congregational imamate

women

imamate

funeral

obligatory prayer

https://feghh14.com/en/733

Question 520: How are the prostrations of forgetfulness performed?

prostrations of forgetfulness

two prostrations of forgetfulness

tashahhud

salam

caution

https://feghh14.com/en/734

Question 521: A person leaves the city for forty kilometers every day for his workplace, which is outside the city. What is the ruling on his prayer and fast?

prayer

fast

does not reside

complete

obligatory

broker

trade

residence

https://feghh14.com/en/735

Question 522: What is the duty regarding doubt between three and four?

doubt between three and four

prostrations of forgetfulness

https://feghh14.com/en/736

Question 523: Can a person who combines the Dhuhr prayer with the Asr prayer and the Maghrib prayer with the Isha prayer perform the supererogatory prayers between them?

supererogatory prayer

Dhuhr supererogatory prayers

salam

qunut, adhan, iqamah

Dhuhr prayer

prostration of thanks

Asr supererogatory prayers

Asr prayer

woman with prolonged bleeding

https://feghh14.com/en/737

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یَا مَوْلَاتِی یَا فَاطِمَةُ أَغِیثِینِی

الصَّلَاةُ عَلَی السَّیِّدَةِ فَاطِمَةَ عَلَیْهَا السَّلَامُ :

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی الصِّدِّیقَةِ فَاطِمَةَ الزَّهْرَاءِ الزَّکِیَّةِ حَبِیبَةِ نَبِیِّکَ وَ أُمِّ أَحِبَّائِکَ وَ أَصْفِیَائِکَ الَّتِی انْتَجَبْتَهَا وَ فَضَّلْتَهَا وَ اخْتَرْتَهَا عَلَی نِسَاءِ الْعَالَمِینَ اللَّهُمَّ کُنِ الطَّالِبَ لَهَا مِمَّنْ ظَلَمَهَا وَ اسْتَخَفَّ بِحَقِّهَا اللَّهُمَّ وَ کُنِ الثَّائِرَ لَهَا بِدَمِ أَوْلَادِهَا اللَّهُمَّ وَ کَمَا جَعَلْتَهَا أُمَّ أَئِمَّةِ الْهُدَی وَ حَلِیلَةَ صَاحِبِ اللِّوَاءِ الْکَرِیمَةَ عِنْدَ الْمَلَإِ الْأَعْلَی فَصَلِّ عَلَیْهَا وَ عَلَی أُمِّهَا خَدِیجَةَ الْکُبْرَی صَلَاةً تُکْرِمُ بِهَا وَجْهَ مُحَمَّدٍ صلی الله علیه و آله وَ تُقِرُّ بِهَا أَعْیُنَ ذُرِّیَّتِهَا وَ أَبْلِغْهُمْ عَنِّی فِی هَذِهِ السَّاعَةِ أَفْضَلَ التَّحِیَّةِ وَ السَّلَامِ.

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْرَ