the accusation (qadhf), so it is not legislated without a demand, just like the hadd.

Section: If he accuses her and then dies before their li'an, or before the completion of his li'an, the li'an lapses, the child is attributed to him, and she inherits from him, according to the statement of everyone; this is because the li'an did not take place, so its legal effect is not established. If he dies after he has completed his li'an but before she has performed hers, the same applies. Al-Shafi'i said: She becomes divorced (tabin) by his li'an, the inheritance rights lapse, the child is negated, and the hadd becomes incumbent upon her, unless she performs li'an. We argue that because he died before completing the li'an, it is similar to his having died before completing his invocation [of the curse], and this is because the Lawgiver only attached these rulings to a complete li'an, and a ruling is not established before the completion of its cause. If the woman dies before the li'an, she has died while the marital bond is intact, and he inherits from her, according to the statement of the general body of scholars. It is narrated from Ibn Abbas that if he performed li'an, he would not inherit. A similar view is reported from al-Sha'bi and 'Ikrimah, because the li'an necessitates a separation (furqah) by which she becomes divorced, so it prevents inheritance, just as if he had performed li'an during her lifetime. We argue that she died while the marital bond was intact, so he inherits from her, just as if he had not performed li'an; also, because li'an is the cause of separation, its ruling is not established after her death, unlike divorce. It differs from li'an during life, as that cuts the marital bond; given that we have mentioned that if he performs li'an against her and she does not perform it, the marital bond is not cut either, so this case is even more entitled [to the same ruling]. If it is said: Have you not said that if he performed li'an regarding a deceased child and negated him, he would not inherit from him, so is the wife not the same? We respond: If the husband performs li'an alone without her, the child is not negated, and the ruling of li'an is not established, as we have mentioned. Furthermore, the difference between the two is that when he negates a child, it becomes clear that the child was never his in any state or condition, whereas the wife was his wife prior to the li'an, and it is the li'an that dissolves their marriage, just as divorce dissolves it. Thus, if she dies before it, she has...