The word · Law & life
الميراث
Mirath
Islamic inheritance: fixed shares of an estate distributed among relatives named in the Qur'an.
Also written · Meerath · Meeras · Miras · Faraid · Faraidh · Virasat · Ilm al-faraid · Warith · Wirathah · inheritance · Islamic inheritance · estate division · succession · heirs
The meaning
What Mirath means in Islam
It is also called 'ilm al-fara'id, the science of the fixed portions, and it is the most mathematical corner of fiqh. The order is debts first, then any bequest up to a third, then the shares. Some heirs take a stated fraction while the remainder passes to the nearest male agnate, and because the cases interlock, one heir's presence can change another's share entirely. Most families need someone who knows the subject to work an estate out correctly.
Evidence · Qur’an · Stated directly in the Qur’an
Read beside it
Words that sit beside it
- WasiyyahA bequest: instructions for up to a third of your estate, taking effect after death.وَصِيَّة
- Waqf (endowment)A permanent charitable endowment: property held forever so that its income keeps serving a purpose.وَقْف
- NikahThe Islamic marriage contract, formed by offer, acceptance, witnesses and a mahr.نِكاح
- FiqhThe human effort to work out Islamic law from its sources, and the rulings that result.الفِقْه
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