Al-'Awl in the Law of Descent and Distribution: (Juristic Study)

Abstract

Allah created man and organized his life by divine laws, to mention but one of these laws is the law of descent and distribution to distribute the legacy among the heirs justly and wisdomly. The science governs the dividing of legacy is Farāidh, the branches of this science are agreed by most scientists, with little differences about certain issues. Al-'Awl is one of these subjects that is debatable among the jurists, this difference was the basis of another difference about the dividing of the legacy on its heirs. The current research adopts this subject to be its problem and explained the difference regarding this problem suggesting the most overwhelming opinion among the Islamic jurists and scholars.

Keywords

legacy, heirs, shares