Property laws
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One of our brothers/sisters has asked this question:
assalamualaikum, we are three brothers,me and my elder brother had bought an house..we demolished that and built our own house on that,we both built ground floor on that ,then my small brother also contributed money in building the first and second floors,so we also included him in the property by promising him verbally(not on any document)..he also gave his share of money for the ground floor in installments later on..but the complex is registered in the name of me and my elder brother only till date,my question is that i have heard that according to islam a person cannot build on someone elses property( which my small brother did ) and now me and my elder brother can give him back the money which he gave in building the complex and then he wont have any share in this property...is this allowed?(please remember that me and my elder brother had promised him that we would include his name also in the registry,my elder brother promised him so because he had taken some money loan from my small brother,but on the contrary i included my small brother in the property without any personal benefit).
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