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'''Islamic Inheritance law''' is a field of [[jurisprudence]] (''fiqh'') in [[Islamic Law]] (''[[Sharia]]''). While most detailed topics of Islamic law are not discussed in the [[Qur'an]], Islamic inheritance law is unique as it takes up multiple pages of the holy book. While the inheritance laws [[Revelation|revealed]] to [[Muhammad]] in the Qur'an generally improved the fate of female heirs relative to their fate in pre-Islamic Arabia, Islamic inheritance laws do favor male heirs, since, according to the Qur'an, "Men are in charge of women, because Allah hath made the one of them to excel the other, and ''because they spend of their property (for the support of women)''. So good women are the obedient..." (tr. Pickthall; emphasis added).<ref>{{Quran|4|34}}</ref> | '''Islamic Inheritance law''' is a field of [[jurisprudence]] (''fiqh'') in [[Islamic Law]] (''[[Sharia]]''). While most detailed topics of Islamic law are not discussed in the [[Qur'an]], Islamic inheritance law is unique as it takes up multiple pages of the holy book. While the inheritance laws [[Revelation|revealed]] to [[Muhammad]] in the Qur'an generally improved the fate of female heirs relative to their fate in pre-Islamic Arabia, Islamic inheritance laws do favor male heirs, since, according to the Qur'an, "Men are in charge of women, because Allah hath made the one of them to excel the other, and ''because they spend of their property (for the support of women)''. So good women are the obedient..." (tr. Pickthall; emphasis added).<ref>{{Quran|4|34}}</ref> | ||