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Page 129
... Sirájiyyah , page 568 . To the above , should be added , - Of the off- XXXI . Then the offspring of the father's ... Sirajiyyah , made by Sir William Jones already noticed , ( ante , page 118 ) as his safe guide , and taking the term ...
... Sirájiyyah , page 568 . To the above , should be added , - Of the off- XXXI . Then the offspring of the father's ... Sirajiyyah , made by Sir William Jones already noticed , ( ante , page 118 ) as his safe guide , and taking the term ...
Page 130
... Sir William Macnaghten's work the passage above cited , he ( Mr. Baillie ) goes on to say , " The only passage in the translation of the Sirajiyyah bearing directly on the point , that I am aware of , is the following , which does ...
... Sir William Macnaghten's work the passage above cited , he ( Mr. Baillie ) goes on to say , " The only passage in the translation of the Sirajiyyah bearing directly on the point , that I am aware of , is the following , which does ...
Page 144
... according to the modern doctrine Return is made to the husband as well as to the wife consequently , now the distant kindred cannot inherit with them also . † Sirajiyyah , page 39 . III . low soever , * ) and the son's 144 ON INHERITANCE .
... according to the modern doctrine Return is made to the husband as well as to the wife consequently , now the distant kindred cannot inherit with them also . † Sirajiyyah , page 39 . III . low soever , * ) and the son's 144 ON INHERITANCE .
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Abú Hanífah Abú Yusuf according to Abú acknowledgment Alí amount ANNOTATIONS Arabic authority brother Chap child claim claimants consanguinity consent consummation contract daugh death deceased decree dínárs divided divisor divorces take place doctrines effect entitled equal excluded Explana Fatáwá Alamgírí fatwa fosterage four fraction grandfather grandmothers guardian half heirs Hidayah husband Ibnu iddat Imám incumbent infant inherit instance invalid Kází khulá Kurán LECTURE low soever maintenance male marriage marry Muhammad Muhammadan Law Mujtahid multiplicand multiplied Musalmán one-third opinion option parties paternal aunt paternal uncles person portion preemptor Princ Principle proper dower Prophet puberty purchaser repudiation residuaries respect right of option right of preemption root rule sect seller Shafi Sháfií shares Sharífiyyah Sir William Jones Sirájiyyah sisters sixth slave son's daughter Sunnís term third three divorces tion translation two-thirds usufruct valid Vide whole wife woman words Zayid
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Page 79 - And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying. If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.
Page 78 - A male shall have as much as the share of two females: but if they be females only, and above two in number. they shall have two third parts of what the deceased shall leave; and if there be but one, she shall have the half. And the parents of the deceased shall have each of them a sixth part of what he shall leave, if he have a child: but...
Page 72 - Britain that the private laws, which they severally hold sacred, and a violation of which they would have thought the most grievous oppression, should not be superseded by a new system, of which they could have no knowledge, and •which they must have considered as imposed on them by a spirit of rigour and intolerance...
Page 79 - They also shall have the fourth part of what ye shall leave, in case ye have no issue ; but if ye have issue, then they shall have the eighth part of what ye shall leave, after the legacies which ye shall bequeath and your debts be paid. And if a man or woman's substance be inherited by a distant relation, and he or she have a brother or sister ; each of them two shall have a sixth part of the estate. But if there be more than this number, they shall be equal sharers in a third part, after payment...
Page 79 - And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.
Page 72 - Muselman subjects of Great Britain, that the private laws, which they severally hold sacred, and a violation of which they would have thought the most grievous oppression, should not be superseded by a new system, of which they could...
Page 79 - They will consult thee for thy decision in certain cases; say unto them, God giveth you these determinations, concerning the more remote degrees of kindred. If a man die without issue, and have a sister, she shall have the half of what he shall leave: and he shall be heir to her, in case she have no issue.
Page 547 - It is true that a person may have a bad neighbour as a zemindar, and so suffer as much vexation from him as from a bad ' neighbour next door or holding the next field ; but still it appears to me that the law was intended to prevent vexation to holders of small plots of land, who might be annoyed by the introduction of a stranger among them.
Page 72 - Britain, that the private laws which " they severally hold sacred, and a violation of which they "would have thought the most grievous oppression, should "not be superseded by a new system, of which they could " have no knowledge, and which they must have considered as " imposed on them by a spirit of rigour and intolerance.
Page 78 - Moreover ye may claim half of what your wives shall leave, if they have no issue; but if they have issue, then ye shall have the fourth part of what they shall leave, after the legacies which they shall bequeath, and the debts be paid. They also shall have the fourth part of what ye shall leave, in case ye have no issue; but if ye have issue, then they shall have the eighth part...