Inheritance among the Arabs before Islam -Study of Social History

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Assistant Professor of Ancient History, Department of History and Civilization - College of Social Sciences - Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University(Saudi Arabia)

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Studies of social history, including the subject of the study (Inheritance among the Arabs before Islam) are an important aspect of the life of all peoples. Due to the different ways of earning money by Arabs (Bedouins - urban), the method of distributing inheritance differed among them, despite their agreement to distribute inheritance according to the tribal customs and traditions, either for lineage or reason.
Concerning the consolidation of this tribal custom, we find that it continued despite its damages that inflicted on the life of some groups of Arab society before Islam until the third year of the Prophet's migration, specifically after the Battle of Uhud when the Quran verses of inheritance were revealed .We find that the Sharia mentions the details of inheritance in the Holy Quran.Most of the Islamic Shariah provisions were generally mentioned in the Quran and clarified in detail in Sunnah.
Therefore, thus, this study will serve one of the events of the Prophet's biography related to the wealth of Khadija bint Khuwaylid, may Allah be pleased with her, who died in the tenth year of the prophetic mission.
This study will depend on selected texts, whether they were inscriptions or pre-Islamic poetry, or what was mentioned in Arabic, translated, and foreign sources and references.

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