Article 372 of Jaafari Personal Status Law

Inheritance has three essential elements: 1 The decedent: The deceased, or a person treated as dead by law, namely a missing person whose death the judge has declared after the waiting period has elapsed, or by presumption, such as a foetus delivered dead. 2 The heir: A person alive after the decedent's death, or treated as alive by presumption, namely a conceived child, even at the sperm stage, if delivered alive; the heir is such by lineage or legal cause. The inheritance: The estate left by the decedent.