Women’s Inheritance

doi:10.1017/9781009206587.004

2 - Women’s Inheritance

from Part I - Logic of Classical Reasoning

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2025

Sohail Hanif

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Masooda Bano

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Sohail Hanif provides a detailed examination of the complex legal debates surrounding women’s inheritance in Islam, particularly within the Hanafi school of law (madhhab). The chapter emphasizes how these debates are highly nuanced, requiring an understanding of how Islamic law balances financial responsibilities between genders, ensuring that what women might seemingly lose in inheritance is offset by their entitlement to maintenance.

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Islamic law Hanafi madhhab inheritance maintenance financial responsibilities

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Information: The Cambridge Companion to Women and Islam , pp. 64 - 84

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009206587.004 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2025

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