An illegitimate child cannot inherit from father

  Citation Name  : 2011  PLD  78     PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT-NWFP

  Side Appellant : Maj. (Retd,) ABDUL AKBAR

  Side Opponent : Mst. MARYAM KHUSHBOO

                       

                        Inheritance---Acknowledgment, principle of---Applicability--where paternity of a child  that is his legitimate  descent front his father cannot be proved by establishing a marriage between his parents at the time of his conception or birth, Islamic Law recognizes "acknowledgment" as a method whereby such marriage and legitimate  descent can be established as a matter of substantive law for purposes of inheritance.