Death in Islamic law - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Yanagihashi, Hiroyuki
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Brill
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Death produces certain effects in Islamic law . In addition to requiring the Muslim community to arrange a funeral, death extinguishes a person's dhimma (the legal quality that enables a person to acquire rights and assume obligations), with the result that succession begins and some of his or her rights and obligations are extinguished, while others are assumed by heirs or others. In certain circumstances, a person not actually known to be dead is treated as dead in some respects. 1. Definition Al-Nawawī (d. 676/1277), a jurist of