Kalalah

For the city in Iran, see Kalaleh.

Kalālah (Arabic: كلالة‎) is a term in Islamic inheritance which refers to a someone that has an estate but no direct ascendants or descendants.^[1]

Notes

^ Stewart p. 155

Sources

Steward, Devin (2002). "Muhammad B. Daud Al-Zahiri's Manual of Jurisprudence, Al-wusul ila marifat al-usul". In Benard G. Weiss. Studies in Islamic Legal Theory. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 9004120661.