Inheritance among Muslims Only, Following the Issuance of the Inheritance Law for Non-Muslims on 23-6-1959

Type

Law

Date of the text

23/06/1959

Official Gazette

published in 1959

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

25

What it provides

This text confines inheritance under Islamic law to Muslims following the 1959 law on inheritance for non-Muslims, setting out the fixed-share heirs and their shares, including the father, grandfather, maternal siblings and spouse.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1959. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.