Message #17443

[Zainab_M]

...... After all, the inheritance divisions mentioned by The Almighty in the Quran is actually on the understanding that family relations are normal where each member - male and female - know their place and have been shouldering their accepted responsibilities.  In that case, if someone, out of greed or jealousy, devours someone else's share would be an outright transgression stepping beyond the bounds mentioned by Allah.  But there are situations where family relations go wrong, with just one or two bad apples turning selfish and using the more helpless ones as doormats, that can lead to a chain of injustices and acrimonious relations eventually impacting the inheritance of family assets, whenever the time comes.  In several such situations, it often becomes a matter of survival (not greed) for some helpless ones of a family and a matter of getting richer-than-before for some of the bad apples of the same family.  You get my point?  But the real important point here is,  Allah is watching everything.  He knows everything and He understands best.  Thus, if the testament or will makes some custom adjustments for the protection of the helpless ones, can anyone really presume Allah Almighty, Who is the Fount of Sympathy and Mercy won't understand it?   I am sure that's impossible.

That's such a correct point Sister Heba.   I concur totally.   This isn't about greed nor envy.  It's about protecting the weak on the basis of compassion, and who can understand it better than The Almighty, The One and Only?

I can so well understand the aunt's concern for her niece.  As a school teacher what would she be earning except a humble salary?  I presume she's single.  What about her father (the aunt's brother), is he not more concerned for his daughter's future than his son who is already got enough in life?