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In constructing a socio-economic identity for women, the Qur’an introduces their right to inherit as a pillar of its vision for a just society. But at the same time, inheritance allocations henceforth would be tied directly to family responsibilities, hence the 2:1 ratio for sons-to-daughters for a society where women were almost never breadwinners. This conditionality is found in the much-misunderstood verse 4:34 that we must re-read in the context of its neighbouring verses, which are specifically on inheritance. It would be wrong to conclude that women got the short end of the stick for two reasons: a) because every man’s and every woman’s inheritance could now potentially come from multiple relatives and not just from parents, so it is hard to know precisely where the chips will ultimately fall for a given person; and b) because the Qur’an allocated no financial responsibilities to women the way it did to men, so the net effect could be in favour of either, relatively speaking. However in today’s world, many daughters and wives are very much breadwinners for their families, yet no religious authority has so far acted upon the conditionality expressed in verse 4:34.

Inheritance: No, Women Did Not Get the Short End of the Stick