The Book of Inheritance and Wills
(بَيَانُ الفَرَائِضِ)
(Explanation of inheritance laws)
2(التَّرْغِيبُ فِي إِعْطَاءِ الحِصَصِ لِلْحَصَصِينَ)
(Encouragement to give shares to entitled heirs)
3(المُسْلِمُ وَالكَافِرُ لَا يَتَوَارَثَانِ)
(A Muslim and a non-Muslim do not inherit from each other)
4(بَيَانُ مَوْلَى القَوْمِ أَيِ العَبْدِ المُعْتَقِ)
(Explanation of the freed slave of a tribe)
5(وِرَاثَةُ الخَالِ)
(Inheritance of the maternal nephew)
6(أَهْلُ المِلَلِ المُخْتَلِفَةِ لَا يَتَوَارَثُونَ)
(People of different religions do not inherit from each other)
7(القَاتِلُ لَا يَرِثُ المَقْتُولَ)
(The killer does not inherit from the killed)
8(القَاتِلُ لَا يَرِثُ المَقْتُولَ)
(The killer does not inherit from the killed)
9(وِرَاثَةُ الجَدَّةِ)
(Inheritance of the grandmother)
10(الوَلَدُ المَوْلُودُ هُوَ وَارِثٌ)
(A born child is an heir)
11(وِرَاثَةُ مَوْلَى القَوْمِ)
(Inheritance of the freed slave of a tribe)
12(ذِكْرُ الخَالِ فِي وِرَاثَةِ المَيِّتِ)
(Mention of the maternal uncle in the inheritance of the deceased)
13(مَنْ تَرِثُهَا المَرْأَةُ)
(Who a woman can inherit from)
14(لَا وِرَاثَةَ لِوَلَدِ الزِّنَا)
(No inheritance for a child of adultery)
15(مَنْ لَا وَارِثَ لَهُ)
(The one who has no heir)
16(قِصَّةُ شَخْصٍ مِنَ القَبِيلَةِ لَا وَارِثَ لَهُ)
(The story of a tribal person with no heir)
17(ذِكْرُ الإِخْوَةِ فِي الوَصِيَّةِ)
(Mention of brothers in a will)
18(وِرَاثَةُ البِنْتِ)
(Inheritance of the daughter)
19(إِذَا تَرَكَ بِنْتًا وَحَفِيدَةً وَأُخْتًا فَوِرَاثَتُهُنَّ)
(If he leaves a daughter, granddaughter, and sister, their inheritance)
20(بَيَانُ حِصَّةِ الجَدِّ مِنْ مِيرَاثِ الحَفِيدِ)
(Explanation of the grandfather’s share from the grandson’s inheritance)
21(بَيَانُ حِصَّةِ النَّانَةِ أَوِ الجَدَّةِ مِنْ تَرِكَةِ المَيِّتِ)
(Explanation of the grandmother’s or great-grandmother’s share from the deceased’s estate)
22(بَيَانُ حِصَّةِ النَّانَةِ أَوِ الجَدَّةِ فِي حَالَةِ مَجُودِيَّةِ الابْنِ)
(Explanation of the grandmother’s or great-grandmother’s share in the presence of a son)
23(إِعْطَاءُ الوِرَاثَةِ كَدِيَةٍ)
(Giving inheritance as blood money)
24(مُعَامَلَةُ المُشْرِكِ)
(The dealing of a polytheist)
25(بَيَانُ الوِرَاثَةِ فِي سِيَاقِ العَبْدِ)
(Explanation of inheritance regarding a slave)
26(مَنْ يَرِثُ الوَلَاءَ هُوَ نَفْسُهُ يَرِثُ المَالَ)
(The one who inherits patronage also inherits the wealth)
27(بَيَانُ زَمَانِ الوِرَاثَةِ)
(Explanation of the time of inheritance)
28(وِرَاثَةُ الخَالَةِ)
(Inheritance of the maternal aunt)
29(التَّرْغِيبُ فِي تَعَلُّمِ مَسَائِلِ الوِرَاثَةِ)
(Encouragement to learn the issues of inheritance)
30(عَدَمُ قَضَاءِ لَيْلَتَيْنِ بِدُونِ كِتَابَةِ الوَصِيَّةِ)
(Not passing two nights without writing a will)
31(مَنْعُ الوَصِيَّةِ بِأَكْثَرَ مِنْ ثُلُثِ المَالِ)
(Prohibition of making a will for more than one-third of the wealth)
32(كَمْ يَجِبُ أَنْ تَكُونَ الوَصِيَّةُ)
(How much should a will be for)
33(لَا وَصِيَّةَ لِلْوَارِثِ)
(No will for an heir)
34(الوَصِيَّةُ بِأَكْثَرَ مِنْ ثُلُثَيْ المَالِ تُضِرُّ بِالوَرَثَةِ)
(A will for more than two-thirds of the wealth harms the heirs)
35(وَعِيدُ عَدَمِ الوَصِيَّةِ)
(Warning against not making a will)
36(الوَصِيَّةُ لِلْفُقَرَاءِ سَبَبٌ لِلْمَغْفِرَةِ)
(Making a will for the poor is a cause for forgiveness)
37(بَيَانُ مَنْ لَيْسَ مُسْلِمًا وَيُوصِي)
(Explanation of a non-Muslim making a will)
38(مَنْعُ قَطْعِ مِيرَاثِ الوَارِثِ)
(Prohibition of cutting off an heir’s inheritance)
39(مَنْعُ قَطْعِ مِيرَاثِ الوَارِثِ، بِرِوَايَةِ الإِمَامِ البَيْهَقِيِّ)
(Prohibition of cutting off an heir’s inheritance, narrated by Imam Al-Bayhaqi)
