Grant as a Way of Inheritance in the First Quarter of the 17th Century
Chapter from the book:
Tansü,
Y.
E.
(ed.)
2023.
Selected Articles in the Field of History- VI.
Synopsis
According to Islamic law, inheritance is defined as a legal right for both men and women. The ways of obtaining inheritance and the share in inheritance are established according to the rules of Islamic Sharia law. Since Islamic law has clearly determined the procedure for sharing inheritance, inheritance sharing is among the least controversial branches. According to Islamic law, when it comes to dividing inheritance, men are given 2 shares while women are given 1 share. At this point, even though women seem to be less advantaged than men in terms of receiving a share according to Islamic law, it is revealed as a result of the practice that women actually have equal rights with men to benefit from the inheritance. While men inherited two shares in the inheritance, women inherited one share from their fathers and when they got married, they actually had two shares of inheritance from their husbands. Some of the reasons why men are given two shares in inheritance are among the problems that will be tried to be explained in the article. The main purpose of the article will be to examine the issue of grant, which is the subheading of inheritance and whether it is a way of obtaining an inheritance, by using examples reflected in the Üsküdar and Kayseri registry.