Understanding Islam — Page 159
157 fathers. Below we quote both Old Testament and New Testament teachings regarding women: You shall also say to the Israelites, “If a man dies, and has no son, then you shall pass his inheritance on to his daughter. If he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers”. 36 In other words, a woman does not inherit anything from her father if she has a brother. Moreover, while the Holy Quran gives explicit teachings that a woman cannot be inherited against her will , 37 and must also give her own consent to her marriage, no such, comparable or otherwise, teaching exists in the Bible. Indeed, the Bible states that a man may sell his daughter as a slave: When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of six years as the men are. If she does not satisfy her owner, he must allow her to be bought back again. But he is not allowed to sell her to foreigners, since he is the one who broke the contract with her. 38