Motif
abolition of coercive widow inheritance
abolition_of_coercive_widow_inheritance
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Family and Kinship Order. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER III. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER IV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD; lines 12378-12469 confidence: high
"O true believers, it is not lawful for you to be heirs of women against their will... nor to hinder them from marrying others..."
The passage forbids inheriting women against their will, and the note explains an earlier custom of claiming a widow through a garment gesture.
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