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Inheritance

ميراث

عصبة

ʿAṣabah

Definition

Residual heirs — those who inherit what remains after the fixed shares are paid, typically male agnatic relatives.

Example

If the deceased leaves a daughter (1/2) and a son, the daughter takes 1/2 by farḍ; the son takes the remainder as ʿaṣabah.

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See also

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