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Short, clear explanations of how Islamic inheritance works.
What is Islamic inheritance?
A short orientation to ʿilm al-farāʾiḍ — the science of the fixed shares — and the order in which an estate is settled.
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When the shares don't add up: ʿawl and radd
The two mechanisms that keep an estate fully and fairly divided when the fixed shares overshoot or fall short of the whole.
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The grandfather and the siblings: why the schools differ
For almost every family the four Sunni schools agree. This is the one situation where they don't — and where choosing a school changes the numbers.
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