Khal (maternal uncle; inheritance and guardianship)

الخال

Khal (maternal uncle) lexically is the mother's brother however far up; the mother's sister is the khala. ¹ By consensus the maternal uncle is among the kin who are not sharers or agnates, and inherits as such. ¹ The Hanafis and Hanbalis let the maternal uncle inherit when agnates and sharers are absent, on the Quranic verse on the closer of kin and the saying 'the maternal uncle inherits from one who has no heir'; the Malikis and Shafiis deny him inheritance, and the estate goes to the treasury. ^{1 2} On the maternal uncle's guardianship of a minor girl in marriage, the majority deny it since he is not an agnate, while the Hanafis let him marry her when no nearer guardian exists. ² The maternal uncle has no guardianship over a minor's property, on which the jurists agree. ³