Inheritance and Wills Quiz # 1

What is an Estate?

• A big house you own jointly with your spouse

• Joint bank accounts

• Stocks and Bonds you own

• A collective name of everything you own just by yourself

A person has a right to decide up to _____ of his Estate according to his wishes, and the remaining ____must be distributed according to the shares of the Islamic law.

• 1/8 and 7/8

• 1/3 and 2/3

• Half and half

• 1/4 and 3/4

To die Intestate means _______

• The deceased had no taste

• The Deceased died with a proper will

• The Deceased died with no will

• The deceased had no estate

The surviving husband inherits _____ if there are also children involved and ____ if there are NO children involved

• 1/4 and 1/2

• 1/8 and 1/4

• None and 1/2

• 1/2 and 1/4

The surviving Wife inherits 1/8 regardless of Children

• True

• False

The Parents Inherit _____ each, of the Estate when spouse and children are there.

• 1/2

• 1/8

• 1/6

• 0%

The Grandparents inherit nothing if spouse, parents and children exist

• True

• False

Surviving Spouse can never be excluded by any relative from Inheritance

• True

• False

The three conditions to appoint and executer of a will in Islam are

• A Lawyer, Muslim and a Male

• Family member, Son and Baligh

• Baligh, trustworthy and a Lawyer

• Baligh, sane and Muslim

Compute the distribution of cash $20,000 to 5 Beneficiaries: the eldest, Qasim, Imraan, Sakinah and twins Suhayl and Suhayla

• Qasim: $5K

  Imraan: $5K

  Suhayl: $5K

  Sakinah: $2.5K

  Suhayla: $2.5K

• Qasim: $4K

  Imraan: $4K

  Suhayl: $4K

  Sakinah: $4K

  Suhayla: $4K

• Qasim: $6K

  Imraan: $3.5K

  Suhayl: $3.5K

  Sakinah: $3.5K

  Suhayla: $3.5K