Mirath - The Laws of Islamic Inheritance

GLOSSARY
Allotments The amount of divided parts an heir receives.
Analogy A form of proof used in making jurisprudential rulings.
Ancestors Parents, grandparents great-grandparents, etc. e.g.
father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, etc.
Androgynes A person who is neither male nor female, or is both.
Antecedent See ancestors.
`A]abah Relatives who are residuary heirs.
`Awl `Awl - When the number of allotments exceed the
Sum, `Awl is done to make the numbers tally. `Awl is
to increase the number of the Sum to equal the
allotments.
Bequest A fixture in the will leaving a specific object or amount
to a specific individual or institute.
Bereft To not receive a share from the deceased’s estate due
to other closer relatives.
Burial (and shrouding) The disposal of the body including all rites of
passage. The costs of this.
Chattels (personal) Personal belongings, including jewelry,
furniture, pictures, antiques, books, and cars (but not
money, investments, property, or business assets). In an
Isl\mic context this too is part of the estate. According
to UK intestate law this is all given to the spouse.
Consanguine Sharing the same father but not the same mother.
Debts All monies that one owes to people and has to pay.
Deprived Inability to inherit from a relatives estate due to one of
four reasons. (see “causes of deprivation” page 13)
Denominators Numbers below line in fraction, number used to
divide another number.
Descendants the opposite of ancestor, i.e. children, grandchildren,
great-grandchildren, etc.
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