The Ithna Ashari Law of Intestate Succession: An Introduction to Shia Law Applicable in South Asia
- 1 February 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Modern Asian Studies
- Vol. 19 (1), 85-124
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0026749x00014566
Abstract
Perhaps the most striking and significant divergence between the Sunni and the Shi'i legal systems as a whole lies in their respective laws of inheritance. From a comparative standpoint the outstanding characteristic of the Shi'i law of inheritance is its refusal to afford any special place or privileged position to agnate relatives as such.…Keywords
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