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The word · Law and life

الميراث

Mirath

Islamic inheritance: fixed shares of an estate distributed among relatives named in the Qur'an.

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…

The Path · chapter 66 of 71

الحشر والموقف

Al-Hashr: The Standing

White flat earth. Sun brought near. 50,000 years of standing.

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