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Questions and answers
Three questions asked of Imami [Shi‘i] clerics: 1- whether couples who remarry each other within one month of the divorce need another contract; 2- whether the eldest son inherits the father's belongings (Qur’an, swords, and rings); 3- whether a woman who is found to be pregnant one or two months after her divorce is entitled to alimony during the pregnancy. Answers: there is no need for a second contract if the remarriage happens before the end of ‘iddah; 2- If the set of objects are the personal property of the father they will go to the eldest son, but if they were obtained for...
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Question from Mirza Sadiq
Istifta’ [request for the opinion of a Muslim cleric] from Mirza Sadiq about two subjects. The first asks if a will is valid if a testator wills that his children spend the revenue from his property on his behalf but the inheritors are all female, or if all the children die and the only inheritor is the wife, or if that the inheritors could not execute the will. The second question is about disinheriting one's child.
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Petition regarding the situation of Aqa Khan Mir Panj's inheritors
Petitioners write to Haj Mirza ‘Abd al-‘Ali Aqa Mujtahid regarding the late Aqa Khan Mir Panj's inheritors. Three-sixths of Baba Rud village, Aqa Khan Mir Panj's inheritance, has been rented to Fath‘ali Aqa, who has not generated enough returns on the land due to his mismanagement and lack of know-how. This is causing the decay of the property. As a result, the inheritors are in a dire situation. One son, Lutf‘ali Khan died in the bazaar from hunger; a daughter lives in an orphanage, and others manage by begging. The petitioners claim that with better management, the property will produce...