CAIRO - Fatima Gabie Hassam chuckled with joy after a court ruling granting her the right to claim part of her husband’s estate. “I’m celebrating on Madiba’s birthday,” Hassam told South Africa’s The Times on Sunday, July 20, referring to former South African president Nelson Mandela.
“I’m the happiest woman in the whole wide world.”
Hassam, a mother of four, won a court ruling to amend legislation to allow widowed Muslim women to claim part of their husbands’ estate.
Hassam’s husband died in 2001, leaving her penniless and without any right to his estate. Read more ...
“I’m the happiest woman in the whole wide world.”
Hassam, a mother of four, won a court ruling to amend legislation to allow widowed Muslim women to claim part of their husbands’ estate.
Hassam’s husband died in 2001, leaving her penniless and without any right to his estate. Read more ...
Source: Shariah Finance Watch
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