المؤخر
كلمة (المؤخِّر) في اللغة اسم فاعل من التأخير، وهو نقيض التقديم،...
Islamic inheritance law
(فَرائِضُ)
من موسوعة المصطلحات الإسلامية
المعنى الاصطلاحي
A branch of knowledge which states who is eligible to inherit from the deceased and who is not, and the exact share of each heir.
الشرح المختصر
"Farā’id" (Islamic inheritance law) is the branch of Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) related to inheritance. It defines who is eligible to inherit from the deceased and the amount of shares each heir deserves in the estate. It covers both knowledge of inheritance rules and the methods of calculating the due shares of each heir.
التعريف اللغوي المختصر
"Farā’id" (sing. fareedah): a part that is cut from something. It is derived from "fard", which means cutting, as in cutting a share of money to someone. The term is used with reference to inheritance law because shares of inheritance are estimated and clarified in detail. Other meanings: estimation, clarification, and explanation in detail.