My father had adopted two girls when they were little kids. Then when they grew up married them to my brothers. Now my father expired. So in his property do we have to remove their share. Please reply at an earliest.
Bismillahi Ta’ala
Walaikum Assalam Warahmatullah
Firstly, it should be noted that adoption cannot be done into bloodline as to form part of one’s nasab (lineage). This is due to the command of Allah ta’ala in the Quran in reference to adopted children:
ٱدْعُوهُمْ لِـَٔابَآئِهِمْ هُوَ أَقْسَطُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ فَإِن لَّمْ تَعْلَمُوٓا۟ ءَابَآءَهُمْ فَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْ فِى ٱلدِّينِ وَمَوَٰلِيكُمْ ۚ وَلَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌۭ فِيمَآ أَخْطَأْتُم بِهِۦ وَلَـٰكِن مَّا تَعَمَّدَتْ قُلُوبُكُمْ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًۭا رَّحِيمًا
“Call them by [the name of] their fathers. That is more just in the sight of Allah. But if you do not know their fathers, then they are simply your fellow believers and close associates. There is no blame on you for what you do by mistake, but only for what you do intentionally. And Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”
Due to this reason, adopted children do not form part of a person’s bloodline and hence the laws of inheritance do not apply to the adopted children in relation to the deceased’s estate. The fact that your father married them off to your brothers indicates that your father understood this distinction. Therefore, the adopted girls will have no right in the father’s inheritance.
However, as a matter of good will and akhlaq, it is advisable that the blood children of the father give some portion as hadiya so that they do not feel deprived of the love of the father who nurtured them since childhood.
Wallahu A’lam
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Maulana Abrar Ahmed
Checked and Concurred
Mufti Faisal al-Mahmudi