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- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Global / Diaspora
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Meaning
In the lexicon, idla is lowering a bucket into a well to draw water, and the word was then used figuratively for sending anything down. One "puts forward" an argument (adla bi-hujjatihi) when he produces it, "hands over" his property (adla ilayhi bi-malihi) when he delivers it, and connects to the deceased by sonship (adla ila al-mayyit bil-bunuwwa) when he links himself to him through that tie. The jurists' use does not depart from this lexical sense. 1
General ruling and where it is discussed
The jurists use the word mostly in the chapters on inheritance and custody, where idla by descent means the tie that links a person to the deceased or to the child in custody. They rank the one who connects directly ahead of the one who connects through another, and the one who connects by two lines ahead of the one who connects by a single line. 1
People and things also explored
Taj Mahal· Abawan (the two parents)· Justice among co-wives· Obstructing a marriage (adl): the guardian and the husband· Fleshy growth in the wife's womb and the right to annul (afal)· Ahl al-Nasab (the kin by descent, and who counts as kin in bequests and endowments)· Akdariyya (a named inheritance case)· Brother (full, paternal and maternal) in law
Sources
- al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.2004
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Idla (connection by descent: the ranking of heirs and custodians by the line that links them)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/idla-fiqh/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.