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Islamic inheritance jurisprudence
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<p>Islamic Inheritance jurisprudence is a field of <a href="/facts/Fiqh/YBmxekkY">Islamic jurisprudence</a> that deals with <a href="/facts/Inheritance/6NR9DBBP">inheritance</a>, a topic that is prominently dealt with in the <a href="/facts/Qur%27an/39rkStko">Qur'an</a>. It is often called <i>Mīrāth</i> (<a href="/facts/Arabic_language/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a>: ميراث, literally "inheritance"), and its branch of <a href="/facts/Sharia/H9cG0yCF">Islamic law</a> is technically known as <i>ʿilm al-farāʾiḍ</i> (<a href="/facts/Arabic_language/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a>: علم الفرائض, "the science of the ordained quotas"). </p>