The idea of
succession is as old as the history of mankind as this paved the way for the
continuity of property and civilization. Noteworthy is the
fact that most societies have been essentially patriarchal; but in no area of
political, social and religious life has the despicable plight of women been
more conspicuously noticeable than in the aspect of inheritance. This work is therefore an analysis of the
inheritance rights of women in the Islamic legal system which have evolved from
a system whose primary purpose was the support and liberation of women to one
in which women enjoy the same rights to inherit and own property as their male
counterparts. This work gives an overview of the system of Islamic law and of
course the place of women. It then provides a detailed description of the ways
in which the law govern the rights of wives, mothers, daughters, and other
female relatives to inherit property without living behind the examination of
the historical, legal and philosophical foundations of the practices of women’s
rights to property in this jurisdiction.
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