Q.1. I have two brothers and three sisters. I, together with my unmarried sister, live with my parents in their home. Due to some dispute, my two brothers left the family home and are demanding their shares in it. How could the property be divided according to the law of inheritance?
Q.2. A friend of mine mentions a prophet called Jergeesh. This, according to him, was the prophet killed seven times while fighting for God’s cause. Please comment.
M. S.
A.1. If the house belongs to your father, or to both your parents, and they are alive, your brothers have no share in it. How could they? They may have a share if they had paid out some of its price, and their shares would be proportionate to the amount of money they paid in relation to the price of the house at the time. As I understand, this house belongs to your father and he is alive. They have no share in it. Only when your father dies, the law of inheritance applies. The shares are determined on the basis of the heirs who survive him.
A.2. I have never heard of a prophet with the name you have mentioned. As for a person being killed seven times, this is false. God has ordained that life on earth is once only. No one is returned to this life for any reason. A Hadith mentions the great reward martyrs receive from God. It says that God asks martyrs what would they like more. They could not think of anything because all that they could desire was made available to them. When God insists that they should tell him what they wish, they say: “We would like to be returned to life and carry on with fighting for Your cause and be killed again.” God says to them: “This is not possible, because I have decreed that no one is returned to life on earth.” This authentic Hadith is contrary to your friend’s story about this unknown prophet.