A slave freed by his uncle forty-five years ago; his uncle passed away, and he passed away. He served my father, then grew old, fell ill, and died. I have some money belonging to this freed slave, and he did not
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The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
O Shaykh: A slave was freed by his uncle forty-five years ago. His uncle passed away, and he passed away. He served my father, then grew old, fell ill, and died. I have some money, and he did not bequeath anything to me. So what should I do with it?
The Shaykh : Do you have some money belonging to this freed slave?
The questioner : Yes, belonging to this freed slave, and he has no guardian other than Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
The Shaykh : Did his master die before him?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Then he died?
The questioner : Then he died recently.
The Shaykh : His heirs would be the heirs of the one who freed him, those who are heirs in their own right.
The questioner : I mean: should we look for his heirs?
The Shaykh : No, I mean: by blood relation?
The questioner : No, he has no blood relatives.
The Shaykh : And do you know of any relatives of his by blood?
The questioner : No, we do not know of any.
The Shaykh : In that case, the inheritance is yours; you are the grandsons of the one who freed him.
The questioner : The one who freed him is not my father.
The Shaykh : Your grandfather.
The questioner : And not my grandfather, but another person. We have known him for forty-five years, and he was sitting there.
The Shaykh : I mean: there is no kinship between you and him?
The questioner : There is no kinship between us and him, no manumission, and nothing else.
The Shaykh : Yes, so it means: no heir is known to him now, neither by blood nor by manumission, is that right?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, does this grandfather who freed him have any children?
The questioner : He may have children, but we do not know them.
The Shaykh : You do not know them?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : In that case, take it to the court, to the public treasury. I mean: everything he left behind now must be in the public treasury. Go to the court.
The questioner : Should we not put it in a mosque, or in something else?
The Shaykh : No, because it is not yours.
The questioner : It is not ours.
The Shaykh : No, absolutely not, because he did not bequeath it. So it belongs to the public treasury; you have no right to dispose of it.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
O Shaykh: A slave was freed by his uncle forty-five years ago. His uncle passed away, and he passed away. He served my father, then grew old, fell ill, and died. I have some money, and he did not bequeath anything to me. So what should I do with it?
The Shaykh : Do you have some money belonging to this freed slave?
The questioner : Yes, belonging to this freed slave, and he has no guardian other than Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
The Shaykh : Did his master die before him?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Then he died?
The questioner : Then he died recently.
The Shaykh : His heirs would be the heirs of the one who freed him, those who are heirs in their own right.
The questioner : I mean: should we look for his heirs?
The Shaykh : No, I mean: by blood relation?
The questioner : No, he has no blood relatives.
The Shaykh : And do you know of any relatives of his by blood?
The questioner : No, we do not know of any.
The Shaykh : In that case, the inheritance is yours; you are the grandsons of the one who freed him.
The questioner : The one who freed him is not my father.
The Shaykh : Your grandfather.
The questioner : And not my grandfather, but another person. We have known him for forty-five years, and he was sitting there.
The Shaykh : I mean: there is no kinship between you and him?
The questioner : There is no kinship between us and him, no manumission, and nothing else.
The Shaykh : Yes, so it means: no heir is known to him now, neither by blood nor by manumission, is that right?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, does this grandfather who freed him have any children?
The questioner : He may have children, but we do not know them.
The Shaykh : You do not know them?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : In that case, take it to the court, to the public treasury. I mean: everything he left behind now must be in the public treasury. Go to the court.
The questioner : Should we not put it in a mosque, or in something else?
The Shaykh : No, because it is not yours.
The questioner : It is not ours.
The Shaykh : No, absolutely not, because he did not bequeath it. So it belongs to the public treasury; you have no right to dispose of it.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.