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