A non-sectarian library drawn from AAOIFI, the National Zakat Foundation, SeekersGuidance, Yaqeen Institute, Islamic Finance Guru, AMJA, Mufti Taqi Usmani, Mufti Menk and Dr Yasir Qadhi. We avoid disputed positions and link to publishers directly.
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Concise scholarly positions across all four Sunni schools plus Ja'fari, for the assets Muslims ask about most.
Zakat is due on gold/silver jewellery if it reaches nisab, even if worn regularly.
Zakat is due on accessible pension funds. Locked funds are exempt until withdrawal.
Treated as trade goods (urood al-tijara). Zakat due on market value.
Zakat on market value if held for trading. Only on dividends if held for returns.
Zakat on trade goods at market value. Fixed assets are exempt.
AMJA’s in-depth code addressing Zakat distribution and inheritance in Muslim-minority contexts.
How jointly-held assets are treated by Islamic inheritance vs US/UK common-law survivorship.
SeekersGuidance article on the Quranic basis and core categories of heirs.
Short, accessible reminders on the importance of writing a will + the fixed shares.
Why an oral will is not enough to override mandatory Islamic shares — and what to do instead.
Step-by-step for English & Welsh probate; pitfalls and probate-court tips.
AMJA’s standing guidance for Muslims drafting wills under common-law and civil-code jurisdictions.
Short-form reel reminding Muslim families that daughters’ Quranic shares are a divine right, not a family concession.
Short-form reel calling out cultural practices that pressure women to renounce their Quranic inheritance shares.
Musawah’s research library on how customary practice strips women of shares the Qur’an explicitly grants them.
Plain-language guides dismantling the cultural practices that exclude daughters in Muslim families.
KARAMAH’s practical playbook for Muslim women to claim inheritance rights through the US/UK probate system.
Academic papers showing the spectrum of cases where women receive equal to or more than men.
SeekersGuidance Q&A on the spiritual and legal recourse when family deny a woman her Quranic share.
Sermons emphasising that denying a daughter or wife her share is a major sin.
Long-form lectures combining the fiqh, the social problem of cultural-override, and practical recourse.
AMJA fatwa addressing inheritance across religious lines (a common situation for converts’ daughters).
Step-by-step playbooks for Muslim women preparing to legally enforce inheritance rights.
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