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Islamic Laws - Will & Inheritance

Table of Contents:

Rules Regarding Will

Inheritance:

The First Group consists of the dead person's parents and children, and in the absence of children, the grand children, however low, and among them whoever is nearer to the dead person inherits his property. And as long as even a single person from this group is present, people belonging to the second group do not inherit.
The Second Group consists of paternal grandfather, paternal grandmother, and sisters, brothers, and in the absence of sisters and brothers their children, whoever from among them is nearer to the dead person, will inherit from him. And as long as even one person from this group is present, people belonging to the third group do not inherit.
The Third Group consists of paternal uncles and paternal aunts and maternal uncles and maternal aunts, and their descendants.

Inheritance By The Husband and the Wife

Miscellaneous Rules of Inheritance


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