Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah

Do women inherit the loans of their parents?

· 14 Jumada II 1444 AH1 min readFatwa 45229English

Question

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh I had a question regarding inheritance: Do women inherit the loans of their parents? JazakumuAllah khairan.

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

Loans can be of two types:

1. Loans owed to your parents

2. Loans your parents owe to others

Loans owed to the parents: Woman will have a due share in these loans according to their share of the inheritance, when they are paid back to the estate of the parents.

Loans the parents owe to others: These loans will be settled from the estate. If after selling off assets, there are still debts unpaid, then it is not the responsibility of the daughters to pay of the debts of their parents. [1][2][3]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Abu ‘Umar Muhammad bin Zayn Patel

Student Darul Iftaa
South Africa

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

(2020-07-11)

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[1]

سراجي (ص3)

قال علماءنا رحمه الله تتعلق بتركة الميت حقوق اربعة مرتبة الاول بتكفينه و تجهيزه من غير تبذير و لا تفتير ثم تقضى ديونه من جميع ما بقي من ماله ثم تنفذ من وصاياه من ثلث ما بقي بعد الدين ثم يقسم الباقي بين ورثته

[2]

الاختيار لتعليل المختار (5/ 85)

ثُمَّ تُقْضَى دُيُونُهُ مِنْ جَمِيعِ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْ مَالِهِ لِقَوْلِهِ - تَعَالَى -: {مِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوصِي بِهَا أَوْ دَيْنٍ} [النساء: 11]

[3]

Answered by
Abu ‘Umar Muhammad bin Zayn Patel
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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