Inheritance, Succession and Testament - Dr. Muhammad az-Zuhayli

One of the best books on Fara-id and Mawarith in Islam that you can find. Indeed, the book is meant to be general (all schools are mentioned) and contemporary. To do so, the author, a specialist in Shafi'i Fiqh (the most famous Mutun in this field are the work of Shafi'i scholars), has followed the following methodology:

- Highlighting the evidence of the Qur'an, Sunnah, Consensus and finally the main Usool.

- Clarification of all the points and rules on which the four schools agree, and this is the case most of the time in the field of inheritance.

- Exposing the issues of disagreement by mentioning the different opinions and their evidence

- The rare or weak opinions on certain issues

- Finally, it should be noted that anecdotal or anachronistic issues are treated summarily, as their usefulness is outdated nowadays.


The edition is magnificent, in a large volume of 750 pages, with all sources in footnotes.