The Islamic Law Of Inheritance.

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The Islamic Law Of Inheritance.

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Unread post by ghulam muhammed » Thu Apr 05, 2012 7:23 pm

The Islamic Law of Inheritance

The Islamic law of inheritance is yet another legislation which is subject of heated debates by the clergy and the laity alike. The law is too elaborate and intricate to be discussed in its entirety here. Therefore, the scope of this study is confined to those specific provisions that concern the apportionment of shares to women and to check if there is any inherent gender-bias in the allotments without going into the complexity of law itself.

A study of the two main verses on the law of inheritance would reveal that the apparent disparity that exists between the percentage of shares assigned to men and women is because of the role they play in the social and family set up. Gender has nothing to with it. Let’s analyse the following verses.
http://www.newageislam.com/islamic-shar ... nce/d/6964