Editing Inheritance (section)

===Islamic laws===
{{Main|Islamic inheritance jurisprudence}}
The [[Quran]] introduced a number of different rights and restrictions on matters of inheritance, including general improvements to the treatment of women and family life compared to the pre-Islamic societies that existed in the Arabian Peninsula at the time.<ref name="EI2">{{Cite encyclopedia |edition=second |publisher=Brill Academic Publishers |isbn=90-04-09419-9 |volume=7 |editor=C.E. Bosworth |display-editors=et al |title=Mīrāth |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia of Islam |year=1993}}</ref> Furthermore, the Quran introduced additional heirs that were not entitled to inheritance in pre-Islamic times, mentioning nine relatives specifically of which six were female and three were male. However, the inheritance rights of women remained different to those of men because in Islam someone always has a responsibility of looking after a woman's expenses. According to 4:11, for example, a son is entitled to twice as much inheritance as a daughter.<ref>{{qref|4|11|b=y}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://corpus.quran.com/translation.jsp?chapter=4&verse=11|title=The Quranic Arabic Corpus - Translation|website=corpus.quran.com|access-date=28 September 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301132410/http://corpus.quran.com/translation.jsp?chapter=4&verse=11|archive-date=1 March 2017}}</ref> The Quran also presented efforts to fix the laws of inheritance, and thus forming a complete legal system. This development was in contrast to pre-Islamic societies where rules of inheritance varied considerably.<ref name="EI2" /> In addition to the above changes, the Quran imposed restrictions on [[testamentary]] powers of a [[Muslim]] in disposing his or her property.

Three verses of the Quran, 4:11, 4:12 and 4:176,  give specific details of inheritance and shares, in addition to few other verses dealing with testamentary.<ref>{{qref|4|11|b=y}},{{qref|4|12}},{{qref|4|176}}</ref> But this information was used as a starting point by Muslim jurists who expounded the laws of inheritance even further using [[Hadith]], as well as methods of juristic reasoning like [[Qiyas]]. Nowadays, inheritance is considered an integral part of [[Sharia law]] and its application for Muslims is mandatory, though many peoples (see [[Historical inheritance systems]]), despite being Muslim, have other inheritance customs.