Research on heritage issues in islam and their characteristics

In this way, a woman could not be an object of inheritance: “you will not be allowed to inherit women against their will”[8]. Before that, according to the Arab custom, after the death of the husband, his eldest son or other relatives had the right to marry a widowed woman or he could marry another. Modern fatwas can also be considered as a synthesis of Ijtihad and Ijma. The basic principles of Islamic law of inheritance are Justice, humanism and the most important are based on the Qur’an’s guidelines. Most researchers have pointed out that many of the jurisprudence, including the norms related to inheritance, also came from the correct interpretation of hadiths.