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    Women’s Right in Islamic Law of Inheritance: Justification and Illustration
    (Burjis: Vol 9, Issue 2, 2022-12) Dr. Muhammad Jum`at Dasuki
    Despite the perfection in the Islamic Law of Inheritance, the Status of Women in Islamic Law of Inheritance has become a subject of attack in present times that Islam the decision for making the share of women half of the share of men is injustice. Also, a woman who is already permanently divorced from her husband has no claim to inheritance, regardless of marital status in this case. The protest against the efficacy of Islamic Law of Inheritance comes from west and even certain Muslims are of similar attitude. They believed that the Islamic law of inheritance is unjust to women. We as Muslims have firm conviction that Allah is a just and there is no injustice towards all His creature is found in His divine law. Islam does not discriminate between male and female in any way, but rather deals justly between them in all cases which include inheritance. The basis for allocation of anything is the right before an individual. Therefore, such a claim does not shake our beliefs, rather calls for an in-depth clarification and, justification of Islamic law of inheritance as stipulated by the Quran and Sunnah. This work shows how Islamic law has treated women and clarifies how it has given protection to them even more than any other legal system of successions in the world. The finding of this research is that estate distribution in Islam is done based on merit rather than sentiment. The paper applies analytical, historical approaches with presentation based on survey of relevant literature, and concludes with useful recommendations.