Woman in Islām

A Manual with Special Reference to Conditions in India

to the wife during the life-time of her father-in-law, when the husband has left
neither children nor other relatives entitled to inherit.1 Such are the stipulations of
Islamic law H° Work»L*W but in Practice ** would-be beneficiaries frequently
suffer. For instance, the principle of 'sharing' is carried to such lengths that people
are often beggared. Says one who knows: Our Law of Inheritance it 10 framed •»
to reduce the wealthiest family, in a veneration or too, to narrow circumstances, if
not to ...