Quran

Sura 4: ٱلنِّسَاء‎ (An-Nisā') - The Women

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

(1) O mankind, fear your Lord, who created you from a single soul and created from it its mate, and dispersed from both of them many men and women. And fear Allah, through whom you ask one another, and [respect] the ties of kinship. Indeed, Allah is ever watching over you.

(2) Give the orphans their wealth, and do not substitute the defective for the good. Do not consume their wealth into your own. Indeed, that is ever a great sin.

(3) If you fear that you will not deal justly with the orphans, then marry women that please you—two, three, or four. But if you fear that you will not be just, then [marry only] one or those your right hands possess. That is more suitable that you may not incline to injustice.

(4) Give the women their dowries graciously. But if they willingly give up to you anything of it, then take it in satisfaction and ease.

(5) Do not give the weak-minded your property, which Allah has made a means of sustenance for you, but provide for them with it and clothe them and speak to them words of kindness.

(6) Test the orphans until they reach marriageable age. Then if you perceive in them sound judgment, release their property to them. Do not consume it excessively and quickly, anticipating their growth. Whoever is rich should abstain [from taking a fee], and whoever is poor may take according to what is acceptable. When you release their property to them, bring witnesses upon them. And sufficient is Allah as Accountant.

(7) For men is a share of what the parents and close relatives leave, and for women is a share of what the parents and close relatives leave, be it little or much—a determined share.

(8) When other relatives, orphans, or the needy are present at the time of division, provide for them and speak to them words of kindness.

(9) Let those [guardians] fear as they would if they had left weak offspring behind and feared for them. So let them fear Allah and speak words of appropriate justice.

(10) Indeed, those who unjustly consume the property of orphans only consume into their bellies fire, and they will be burned in a Blaze.

(11) Allah instructs you concerning your children: for the male, a portion equal to that of two females. If there are only daughters, two or more, for them is two-thirds of the inheritance; if there is only one, for her is half. For parents, each one gets a sixth of the inheritance if the deceased left children. If he had no children and the parents are the only heirs, the mother receives a third. If the deceased had siblings, the mother receives a sixth, after any bequest or debt. You do not know which of them, your parents or your children, are nearest to you in benefit. This is an ordinance from Allah. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Wise.

(12) For you is half of what your wives leave if they have no children. But if they have children, you receive a fourth of what they leave, after any bequest or debt. They receive a fourth of what you leave if you have no children. But if you have children, they receive an eighth of what you leave, after any bequest or debt. If a man or woman dies leaving neither parents nor children but has a brother or a sister, each one receives a sixth. If they are more than two, they share a third, after any bequest or debt without intent to harm. This is a command from Allah. Allah is Knowing and Forbearing.

(13) These are the limits set by Allah. Whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger will be admitted to Gardens beneath which rivers flow, abiding eternally therein; that is the great attainment.

(14) Whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger and transgresses His limits—He will admit him to the Fire to abide eternally therein, and he will have a humiliating punishment.