Comments on: The Issue On Inheritance for Women http://www.bismikaallahuma.org/archives/2005/the-issue-on-inheritance-for-women/ The purpose of this website is to facilitate Muslim responses to the various mendacious polemics and distortions of Islam by the Christian missionaries and their anti-Islamic allies that are being spread over the Internet. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:53:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Xman http://www.bismikaallahuma.org/archives/2005/the-issue-on-inheritance-for-women/#comment-7716 Xman Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:01:18 +0000 http://noorullah.org/?p=50#comment-7716 The Biblical Inheritance Laws have been described by Rabbi Louis Epstein in his book about Jewish Marriages where he states: "The continuous and unbroken tradition since the Biblical days gives the female members of the household, wife and daughters, no right of succession to the family estate" And this tradition has been followed by the Christians until about 100 years ago, when the secular governments of Europe began to give females the same rights that were given to Muslim ladies over 1400 years ago!! The Biblical Inheritance Laws have been described by Rabbi Louis Epstein in his book about Jewish Marriages where he states: “The continuous and unbroken tradition since the Biblical days gives the female members of the household, wife and daughters, no right of succession to the family estate”

And this tradition has been followed by the Christians until about 100 years ago, when the secular governments of Europe began to give females the same rights that were given to Muslim ladies over 1400 years ago!!

]]> By: Xman http://www.bismikaallahuma.org/archives/2005/the-issue-on-inheritance-for-women/#comment-7714 Xman Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:44:47 +0000 http://noorullah.org/?p=50#comment-7714 Professor Almaric Rumsey (1825-1899) of King's College, London; Barrister-at-law, stated that the Muslim law of inheritance, "comprises beyond question the most refined and elaborate system of rules for the devolution of property that is known to the civilised world." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United Nations document: "The Islamic inheritance rules despite their apparent discriminatory nature, where they are implemented in letter and spirit and construed holistically, provide a solid starting point for women – and other members of the family - in asserting the full range of their property rights." www.unhabitat.org/downloads/docs/3546_3490_ILP%206.doc Professor Almaric Rumsey (1825-1899) of King’s College, London; Barrister-at-law, stated that the Muslim law of inheritance, “comprises beyond question the most refined and elaborate system of rules for the devolution of property that is known to the civilised world.”
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United Nations document:
“The Islamic inheritance rules despite their apparent discriminatory nature, where they are implemented in letter and spirit and construed holistically, provide a solid starting point for women – and other members of the family - in asserting the full range of their property rights.”

http://www.unhabitat.org/downl.....LP%206.doc

]]> By: Xman http://www.bismikaallahuma.org/archives/2005/the-issue-on-inheritance-for-women/#comment-7713 Xman Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:32:42 +0000 http://noorullah.org/?p=50#comment-7713 To prove that Islamic Inheritance Law has nothing to do with male superiority, lets give the example of a deceased person, who’s only inheritors are his child and mother and father. According to the Missionary's theory, the father should get double that of the mother. But the Holy Quran stipulates that both the Mother and the father each get a sixth of the inheritance. To prove that Islamic Inheritance Law has nothing to do with male superiority, lets give the example of a deceased person, who’s only inheritors are his child and mother and father. According to the Missionary’s theory, the father should get double that of the mother. But the Holy Quran stipulates that both the Mother and the father each get a sixth of the inheritance.

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