Zakah on the deceased’s estate

Q 3: My father (may Allah be merciful to him) has a balance in a bank. Is Zakah (obligatory charity) due on this balance, which should be paid by the inheritors after his death? This matter resulted in delaying the procedures of distributing the inheritance.

A 3: All the money and real estate left by the deceased, their ownership shall be transferred to his heirs upon his death. All the rulings pertaining to this property, whether those of Zakah or any other rulings, become the responsibility of the inheritors, not the deceased. Accordingly, upon the passage of a Hawl (one lunar year calculated from the time a property reaches the minimum amount upon which Zakah is due) on the estate from the time the inheritors managed to divide it among themselves, it becomes Wajib (obligatory) on each inheritor to give the Zakah due on his or her share if it reaches a Nisab (the minimum amount on which Zakah is due). If you are quite sure that your father did not give the Zakah due on his property, Zakah due on him for the year(s) he did not pay it should be given on his behalf before distributing the estate, so as to discharge his obligation.