Presents and Gifts: Gifting Property to One’s Wife or Her Relatives in the Absence of Heirs

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Presents and Gifts: Gifting Property to One’s Wife or Her Relatives in the Absence of Heirs

English:

Question #1731:

A childless person, who does not have any parent’s brother or sister, wants to give away his property by way of gift to his wife or her relatives. Is it permissible for him to do that? If so, is there a particular amount of his property that he could part with?

Answer #1731:

There is no objection to the property owner’s giving away as a gift either all his property or part thereof during his lifetime to whomever he wished whether or not they are his would be heirs.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Presents and Gifts