If a divorce was to happen islamicaly does my wife take half of everything I own?

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykumwa-rahmatullāhiwa-barakātuh.

Inheritance is upon the death of a person and not upon divorce.

According to the Shariah, marriage is separated from proprietary rights. If a divorce takes place, the divorced spouses are not entitled to the possession of the other by virtue of marriage. It is incorrect for a divorced person to claim the possession of his/her spouse. That will be regarded as usurpation which is clearly prohibited and a major sin.Allah says.

Translation: O you who believe, do not devour each other‘s property by false means (Surah: Nisaa verse, 29)

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Zakir Husain

Student DarulIftaa
Michigan, U.S.A

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

2016-04-22