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Al-Nisa’ 4: 7–10

(7) Just as there is a share for men in what their parents and kinsfolk leave behind, so there is a share for women in what their parents and kinsfolk leave behind – be it little or much6 – a share ordained (by Allah).

(8) And if other near of kin, orphans and needy are present at the time of division of inheritance give them some- thing of it and speak to them kindly.

(9) And those who would have been fearful on account of their helpless offspring they may have behind them, let them fear Allah and say what is right. (10) Behold, those who wrongfully devour the properties of orphans only fill their bellies with fire. Soon they will burn in the Blazing Flame.

6 This verse embodies five legal injunctions. First, that women as well as men are entitled to inheritance. Second, that inheritance, however meagre it might be, should be distributed. Third, that the law of inheritance is applicable to all kinds of property – movable and immovable, agricultural, industrial and so on. Fourth, that the right of inheritance comes into force only after a person dies leaving some property behind him, but not while he is alive. Fifth, it implies the rule that immediate blood-relatives exclude those that are further removed. This law has been further explained in vv. 11 and 33 below.

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