The fairest of balances in clarifying the rights of the heirs

Every person in this worldly life has a written appointed time; when he fulfills it, he departs from this life with its pleasures and burdens, and begins a new life. It is the right of believers to rejoice in it, not to fear it, because meeting Allah is happiness and gain, and the Hereafter is undoubtedly better and eternal. And when a person closes the page of his life, he does not take with him a dirham or a dinar, nor does he take possessions or homes, but he leaves all of this for his family, close relatives, and those with rights upon him. So, no matter how long life is for one of us, he is ultimately headed to the Hereafter, leaving behind his gods and relatives, leaving the wealth of memory and the wealth of money. The memory is an inheritance that cannot be divided, and the share of the heir in it is equal. As for money, it is the cause of disputes among them if they leave it to be managed among themselves. But your wise and just Lord has set fair measures for inheritance, and specified them for people clearly, so that each rightful person takes his due, away from injustice, disputes, and quarrels. Due to the importance of the knowledge of inheritance and the difficulty of understanding it, we have chosen to make it easy, and to simplify it for students. So, we have prepared this message, and with Allah’s guidance, we intend and seek His help.