Mulkchilikning yana bir usuli merosdir. U Qur'onning qat’iy (Qat’i) matni bilan belgilangan bo‘lib, uning aniq lafziy qoidalari bor, ular aql-mulohazaga bo‘ysunmaydi. Qur'onda meros haqidagi tafsilotlar bayon qilingan bo‘lsa-da, bu batafsil qoidalar umumiy yo‘riqnomalardir. Alloh (SWT) aytadi:

Another means of property ownership is inheritance, which is established by the definite (Qat’i) text of the Qur’an, and it has certain literal rules which are not subject to reasoning. Although the Qur’an has stated the details of inheritance, these detailed rules are general guidelines. Allah (swt) says,

“Sizning farzandlaringiz haqida (meros borasida) Alloh sizlarga buyuradi: o‘g‘il bolaga ikki qiz bola ulushining baravari beriladi, agar ular ikkitadan ortiq qizlar bo‘lsa, ularga meros qoldirilganining uchdan ikki qismi tegadi.” [An-Niso: 11] Uning so‘zidan biz ko‘plab hukmlarni tushunamiz. O‘g‘il bola qiz bola olganidan ikki baravar olishini tushunamiz. Shuningdek, farzandlar (tirik) bo‘lmagan hollarda o‘g‘il bolaning farzandlari ham farzand o‘rnida hisoblanishini tushunamiz, chunki o‘g‘ilning farzandlari “farzandlar” so‘zi ichiga kiradi. Bu qiz bolaning farzandlaridan farqlanadi, chunki (tirik) farzandlar bo‘lmagan hollarda qiz bolaning farzandlari o‘g‘il bolaning farzandlari kabi hisoblanmaydi. Chunki qiz bolaning farzandlari lug‘aviy ma’noda “farzandlar” so‘zi ichiga kirmaydi. Shuningdek, agar farzandlar qiz bolalar bo‘lib, ikkitadan ortiq bo‘lsa, ular meros qoldirilganining uchdan ikki qismiga sherik bo‘lishini tushunamiz. Payg‘ambar ﷺ ikki qiz bola uchun ikkitadan ortiq qizlar ulushiga teng ulush belgiladilar va sahobalar (r.a.) bu masalada ijmo’ qildilar. Shunday qilib, ikki qiz bolaga nisbatan hukm ikkitadan ortiq qiz bolalar uchun ham xuddi shu hukmdir. Bu hukmlar oyatning umumiy ma’nosidan tushunilgan. Ushbu hukmlarga ko‘ra, merosxo‘r o‘z meros ulushiga haqli bo‘ladi. Demak, mulk egalik qilishning sabablaridan biri Qur’on, Sunnat va sahobalarning ijmo’i bilan batafsil bayon qilingan meros qoidalari asosida vujudga keladigan merosdir.

“Concerning (the inheritance) for your children: to the male is the equivalent of the portion of two females, and if they (children) were women more than two, then theirs is two-thirds of the inheritance.” [An-Nisa: 11] We understand many rules from His speech. We understand that the male child takes double that which the female child takes. We also understand that the child of the son is treated as the child in cases where there are no (living) children, because the children of the male child (son) are included in the word ‘children.’ This is contrary to the children of the daughter, who are not treated like the children of the son where there are no (living) children. Because the children of the daughter are not included linguistically in the word ‘children.’We understand also that if the children were females, and more than two in number, then they share in twothirds of the inheritance. The Prophet (pbuh) made for the two females a portion equivalent to those who are more than two, and the Sahabah (companions) (ra) made Ijma’a (consensus) on that matter. So the rule in regard to the two females is the same rule for more than two females. These rules have been understood from the general meaning of the verse. According to these rules, the inheritor deserves his portion of the inheritance. Thus, one of the means of property ownership is the inheritance according to its rules, which are detailed in the Qur’an, Sunnah and the Ijma’a of the Sahabah (ra).

Meros — boylikni taqsimlash vositalaridan biridir. Garchi boylikning taqsimlanishi meros uchun illat (sabab) bo‘lmasa-da, balki uning haqiqatining namoyon bo‘lishidir. Boylikka egalik qilishga ruxsat berilgach, u ayrim shaxslarning qo‘lida ularning hayoti davomida to‘planishi mumkin. Bunday boylik to‘planishi ularning vafotidan keyin davom etmasligi uchun, boylikni odamlar o‘rtasida taqsimlash vositasi bo‘lishi zarur. Haqiqatda meros bu boylikni tabiiy ravishda taqsimlash vositasi ekani kuzatiladi. Tekshirish natijasida boylikni taqsimlaydigan meros uchta holatda ekani ayon bo‘ladi:

Inheritance is one of the means by which the wealth is broken up; though the breaking up of the wealth is not an Illah (reason) for the inheritance, rather it is a manifestation of its reality. Once the wealth has been allowed to be possessed, it may then accumulate in the hands of a few individuals during their life. In order that such accumulation of wealth does not continue after their death, it is then necessary to have a means to divide the wealth amongst the people. It is observed in reality that the inheritance is the means of dividing this wealth naturally. Through examination, it is apparent that there are three cases of inheritance by which the wealth is broken up:

a. Birinchi holat — merosxo'rlar meros qonunlariga muvofiq butun merosni oladigan holat bo'lib, bunda barcha boylik ularning orasida taqsim etiladi.

a. The first case is when the inheritors take the whole inheritance according to the laws of inheritance, whereby all the wealth is distributed amongst them.

b. Ikkinchi holat — meros qoidalariga ko‘ra butun mulkni olishga haqli merosxo‘rlar bo‘lmagan holatdir. Masalan, erkak vafot etib, faqat xotinini qoldirsa yoki xotin vafot etib, faqat erini qoldirsa, shunday holat yuzaga keladi. Bunday hollarda xotin merosning faqat to‘rtdan bir qismini, er esa mulkning faqat yarmini oladi, qolgan meros ikkala holatda ham Bayt ul-Mol ixtiyoriga qoldiriladi.

b. The second case is when there are no inheritors who are entitled to take the whole property according to the rules of inheritance. Such a case would be if a husband died leaving behind only a wife or a wife died leaving behind only a husband. In such instances the wife takes only a quarter of the inheritance, and the husband takes only half of the property, while the rest of the inheritance in both cases is left to the Bait ul-Mal.

c. Uchinchi holat — mutlaqo hech qanday merosxo'r bo'lmagan holat bo'lib, bunda butun mol-mulk Bayt ul-Molga, ya'ni davlat ixtiyoriga qoldiriladi.

c. The third case is that when there is absolutely no inheritor at all, and in this case the whole property is put in the Bait ul-Mal, in other words it is left to the State.

Shunday qilib, boylik bo'linadi va mol-mulk merosxo'rlarga o'tadi, shu tariqa mol-mulk almashinuvi odamlar orasida iqtisodiy aylanish shaklida davom etadi. Mol-mulk bir kishining qo'lida to'planib qolmaydi, ya'ni boylik bir joyda jamlanmaydi.

The wealth is thus broken up and the property is transferred to the inheritors, where the exchange of the property resumes in an economic cycle amongst the people. The property is not kept in the hands of a particular person where the wealth accumulates.

Meros huquqiy mulkchilik vositasidir, shuning uchun meros qilib olgan kishi narsaga qonuniy ravishda egalik qiladi. Demak, meros Islom Shari'ati ruxsat bergan mulkchilik vositalaridan biridir.

Inheritance is a legal means of property ownership, so anybody who inherits a thing owns it legally. Thus the inheritance is one of the means of property ownership, which the Islamic Shari’ah has permitted.