QUESTION:
Please guide us as to how the estate be distributed according to the Shariat. Marhoom has left behind a wife, a son and a daughter. He has left in cash the following amounts:
Category: Inheritance
Zakaat on inheritence money
QUESTION:
How should Zakaat be calculated on inheritance money which one receives. The money was only received several years after the deceased had passed away. Should it be calculated from the day that the deceased passed away or from the time the money was received? Will there be a difference if the estate was wound up immediately upon death or if it was wound up a few years later?