INHERITANCE

- apportionment to

  - children and parents, an-Nisa' 4:11

  - other kin, orphans, and the needy, an-Nisa' 4:8

  - siblings, an-Nisa' 4:12

  - widows and widowers, an-Nisa' 4:12

- believer cannot inherit anything from infidels, Sahih Bukhari 2.658

  Interestingly, Ali inherited from Abu Talib, uncle of Muhammad, who died a pagan (Sahih Bukhari 5.579).

- don't hold unloved wives for, an-Nisa' 4:19

- for men/women, an-Nisa' 4:7

- if no heirs, an-Nisa' 4:176

- revelation of verses concerning,

  > Narrated Jabir:
  > Allah's Apostle came to visit me while I was sick and unconscious. He performed ablution and sprinkled the remaining water on me and I became conscious and said, "O Allah's Apostle! To whom will my inheritance go as I have neither ascendants nor descendants?" Then the Divine verses regarding Fara'id (inheritance) were revealed. (Sahih Bukhari 1.193)

- summary, an-Nisa' 4:33

- al-Baqarah 2:180; al-Fajr 89:19

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