Inheritance according to the Jaafari school, distribution of inheritance among Shiites

Type

Law

Date of the text

01/01/1990

Official Gazette

published in 1990

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

39

What it provides

This law sets out inheritance rules under the Ja'fari school for Shiite Muslims: it bars a person who intentionally and unjustly kills another from inheriting, regulates how blood money is distributed among heirs, provides that Muslims inherit from one another across school differences while applying the deceased's sch

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1990. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.