The Lahore High Court (LHC) has upheld a lower court’s ruling that non-Muslims are not entitled to inherit property from a Muslim under Islamic law.
Justice Iqbal Chaudhry, who presided over the case, dismissed an appeal that sought to challenge the inheritance distribution, which involved the property of a deceased Muslim man.
The case concerned the allocation of 83 kanals of land in Gojra, which belonged to the deceased. The land was divided among his Muslim children, but a grandson of the deceased filed an appeal, arguing that his non-Muslim uncle should also receive a share.
In its ruling, the LHC reiterated that Islamic law explicitly prohibits non-Muslims from inheriting Muslim property. Justice Chaudhry emphasized that the decision was in line with the principles of Islamic inheritance law, which applies to Muslims in Pakistan.
The court upheld the lower court’s decision to exclude the non-Muslim relative from the inheritance, rejecting the appellant’s challenge.
