Development of Muslim Law of Succession

In Islamic society, as in most other societies, inheritance represents the most important method of transferring wealth from one generation to the next. Islamic law of Inheritance is one of the most comprehensive systems of succession. It is exhaustive enough to meet most of the situation that have arisen and that may arise. It pays ample attention to the interest of all those who find natural place in the first rank of the affection of the deceased. It is difficult to find in any other system of succession containing such just and equitable rules