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142 ISLAM ITS BELIEFS AND PRACTICES
making of donations, endowments, and legacies, the
amount so left is limited to one-third of the property.
One-half is due to the husband when there are no
descendants, the sister when there are no other heirs, the
daughter when she is the only child.
One-fourth is due to the husband surviving with
children, the husband and wife when there are no
descendants.
One-eighth is due to the wife surviving with children.
One-third is due to the wife during the life-time of her
father-in-law, when the husband has left neither children
nor other relatives entitled to inherit.
Two-thirds are due two or more daughters when
there are no sons.
One-sixth is due to the father and the mother of their
child, when the latter has left descendants.
The Hindrances in the Inheritance.
"The hindrances which prevent a person from sharing
in the inheritance which are many, are:-
(l) Infidelity. An infidel cannot inherit ftom a
Muslim but a Muslim can inherit from an
infidel.
(2) Murder. A man who has killed another cannot
inherit from him.
(3) Slavery. A slave cannot inherit from a free
man, nor a free man from a slave.
(4) Li'an, imprecation, separation between husband
and wife, prevents mutual inheritance.
(5) Flight, disappearance."
Printed and Published by C. O. Forsgren at the Lucknow Publishing
House, Lucknow.-1l5-7-'38.