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Impediments of Inheritance

Impediments of Inheritance

A Muslim cannot inherit from a disbeliever nor can a disbeliever inherit from a Muslim
My heirs should not take a dinar or dirham. Whatever I leave behind, excluding the provision for my wives and my employees, should be spent in charity
People of two different religions do not inherit from one another

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