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Quran verses about Inheritance

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20 verses in 10 surahs · 9 subtopics

Inheritance takes on several meanings here: the earth that Allah’s righteous servants will inherit, the inheritance of the heavens and the earth that belongs to Allah, the heirs of Paradise and the inheritance of the Book. The verses also set out the general principle of succession, its rules among parents, children, siblings and spouses and the case of kalalah, warning against transgressing Allah’s limits.

Verses gathered from a topical index of the Quran, in Mushaf order; every verse is quoted in full.

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Warning against overstepping Allah’s limits in inheritance · 2 verses

An-Nisa4:9

وَلْيَخْشَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَوْ تَرَكُوا۟ مِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّةً ضِعَٰفًا خَافُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ فَلْيَتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلْيَقُولُوا۟ قَوْلًا سَدِيدًا ۝٩

And let those [executors and guardians] fear [injustice] as if they [themselves] had left weak offspring behind and feared for them. So let them fear Allāh and speak words of appropriate justice.

An-Nisa4:13

تِلْكَ حُدُودُ ٱللَّهِ وَمَن يُطِعِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ يُدْخِلْهُ جَنَّٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا وَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ ۝١٣

These are the limits [set by] Allāh, and whoever obeys Allāh and His Messenger will be admitted by Him to gardens [in Paradise] under which rivers flow, abiding eternally therein; and that is the great attainment.

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Verses gathered from a human-made thematic index of the Quran; the introduction summarises its subtopics. For a legal opinion, consult a scholar.

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