Kalālah ( ar, كلالة) is a term in
Islamic inheritance
Islamic Inheritance jurisprudence is a field of Islamic jurisprudence ( ar, فقه) that deals with inheritance, a topic that is prominently dealt with in the Qur'an. It is often called ''Mīrāth'', and its branch of Islamic law is technically ...
which refers to a someone that has an estate, but no direct ascendants or descendants.
[Stewart p. 155]
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