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Overview
Tasfiya is the whole of the work whose aim is to list the dead person's rights and obligations and to pay the rights attached to the estate to those who hold them. 1
The term
It is a modern term that lawyers adopted; the jurists did not treat it under this heading. 1
What the jurists say
The jurists took great care over the rights that the estate has or owes, and over the rights of minors, to secure those who hold them, and especially to secure the claims of creditors and of legatees on part of the estate. These are set out in the entries on the estate, inheritance and bequest. 1
People and things also explored
Taj Mahal· Abawan (the two parents)· Justice among co-wives· Obstructing a marriage (adl): the guardian and the husband· Fleshy growth in the wife's womb and the right to annul (afal)· Ahl al-Nasab (the kin by descent, and who counts as kin in bequests and endowments)· Akdariyya (a named inheritance case)· Brother (full, paternal and maternal) in law
Sources
- al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.5247
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Tasfiya (settling a deceased person's estate and debts)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/tasfiya-estate-settlement/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.