Laws of Inheritance in Islam MCQs with Answer
What is the primary source of the Islamic laws of inheritance?
A) Hadith
B) Qur’an
C) Ijma
D) Qiyas
Who are the primary inheritors in Islamic law?
A) Neighbors
B) Spouse and children
C) Non-Muslim relatives
D) Friends
What is the share of a wife in her husband’s inheritance if there are children?
A) 1/4
B) 1/8
C) 1/2
D) 1/16
How much does a daughter inherit compared to a son in Islam?
A) Equal share
B) Half the share of a son
C) Double the share of a son
D) A third of the estate
What happens if a deceased has no children, only a wife and parents?
A) The wife receives half of the estate
B) The parents inherit equally
C) The wife gets 1/4, and the parents share 2/3
D) The parents receive the entire estate
What is the share of a son if there are no daughters?
A) 1/2
B) 1/4
C) The entire estate
D) 2/3
How much does a mother inherit if her deceased child leaves a son and daughter?
A) 1/3 of the estate
B) 1/6 of the estate
C) 1/4 of the estate
D) 1/8 of the estate
In Islamic inheritance law, who is entitled to a fixed share of the estate?
A) Friends
B) Relatives who are not heirs
C) Parents, children, and spouse
D) Neighbors
Which of the following has a fixed inheritance share in Islam?
A) Siblings
B) Parents
C) Aunts and uncles
D) Grandparents
How much does a father inherit if there are children and a wife?
A) 1/6
B) 1/4
C) 1/8
D) 1/2
What share does a son inherit compared to a daughter?
A) Double the daughter’s share
B) Half the daughter’s share
C) Equal to the daughter’s share
D) 1/3 each
What share does a widow (wife) receive if there are no children?
A) 1/4
B) 1/2
C) 1/3
D) 1/8
How much does a paternal grandmother receive if there is no mother?
A) 1/8
B) 1/4
C) 1/6
D) 1/3
What happens if a person dies without a will in Islam?
A) The estate is given to the government
B) The inheritance is divided according to the Qur’an and Hadith
C) The estate is divided equally among all relatives
D) The estate is divided by the deceased’s friends
Which of the following relatives inherits only when there are no direct descendants?
A) Paternal aunt
B) Mother
C) Spouse
D) Son
What does the Islamic inheritance law state about a son and daughter inheriting from their father?
A) Both receive equal shares
B) The son receives half of what the daughter receives
C) The daughter inherits more than the son
D) The son inherits the entire estate
How is the inheritance divided when the deceased has both parents and children?
A) The parents inherit the entire estate
B) The children receive two-thirds, and the parents get one-third
C) The wife receives half, and the parents get one-sixth each
D) The parents share one-half, and the children get the remainder
What share does a father receive if there are both children and a spouse?
A) 1/4
B) 1/6
C) 1/8
D) 1/2
What happens if an individual dies leaving behind only siblings but no children or parents?
A) The siblings inherit equally
B) The estate is given to the state
C) The estate is divided among the cousins
D) The estate is given to the wife
What share does a granddaughter receive when her father is also deceased?
A) 1/4
B) 1/2
C) 1/6
D) She inherits the same as a daughter
What share does a niece inherit from her maternal uncle’s estate?
A) 1/6
B) 1/8
C) 1/4
D) None
How are grandchildren treated in Islamic inheritance laws when their parents (the children of the deceased) are alive?
A) They receive a share equal to that of children
B) They receive a share only if the parents are deceased
C) They receive a fixed portion of the estate
D) They do not inherit
What happens if a deceased has only one surviving child and a wife?
A) The child gets all the inheritance
B) The wife receives half, and the child inherits the remaining
C) The child gets a quarter of the estate
D) The estate is divided equally between them
In Islamic law, who inherits first, the children or the spouse?
A) Children
B) Spouse
C) Both equally
D) The spouse if the children are adults
How much does the father inherit if there are no children, but there is a wife and siblings?
A) 1/6
B) 1/3
C) 1/4
D) 1/8
How much does a paternal aunt inherit if there are no parents or children?
A) 1/8
B) 1/4
C) 1/6
D) 1/2
Who does not receive inheritance in Islamic law?
A) Brothers
B) Nephews
C) Non-Muslim relatives
D) Parents
What share does a son inherit from his father’s estate in the absence of other heirs?
A) Entire estate
B) 2/3 of the estate
C) 1/2 of the estate
D) 1/3 of the estate
What happens if an heir is incapacitated or unable to inherit?
A) The inheritance is shared by others
B) The inheritance is given to charity
C) The estate goes to the state
D) The heir receives the inheritance through a guardian
How is inheritance divided in the case of a mother, father, and child?
A) The father receives 1/6, and the mother receives 1/6
B) The mother receives 1/6, and the child receives the remaining
C) The father receives 1/3, and the mother receives 1/8
D) The estate is given equally to the child and parents