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In this brief paper, titled (Conjoined twins personal status jurisprudence rulings), I started with a historical brief about conjoined twins, then conjoined twins' definitions and explanations of its causes and types, and explanations of its special jurisprudence in marriage and inheritance.

I concluded the research with the most important results and recommendations.

The research reached the following, the conjoined twins' phenomenon is a true and real phenomenon.

Its rate is remarkably increasing.

Conjoined twins mean: two individuals with same sexes, born fully developed/formed, physically connected in any part of the body, born from the same mother and each has an independent life, and each have their reasons/rulings.

As for marriage, it is permissible after a separation surgery, even if one is of them is parasitic (partially formed) and the other is a dominant twin or autistic twin (fully formed), the parasitic is like extra organs.

If they were two definite males or two definite females, knowledgeable scholars have not reached to a consensus between permitting or not, in relation to marriage of both, however, permitting was outweighed with rules/controls like: Separation is impossible or could lead to definite harm, and marriage to one of them is an obligation, while ensuring that private parts are not shown and exposed, where possible, and as well as both parties are satisfied.

As for if the conjoined twins had two-heads, two hearts and had one genital, some Islamic jurists have dealt with this as a problem and dealt with it as a one person and permitted its marriage.

Other Islamic jurists have dealt with it as two people, thus have not permitted its marriage at all, as it is combing two sisters or combing two men on one woman, which I have outweighed/preferred.

Also Islamic jurists have not reached to a consensus in ruling conjoined twins marriage with condition of no sexual intercourse.

Most likely, the marriage is valid, and the condition may be canceled, or looked at to see benefits and drawbacks.

In relation to inheritance, its reference will depend if conjoined twins are one or two.

If two, then they will be dealt with as two, if the conjoined twins are counted by the doctors (physicians) as one, twins will be dealt with as one in all inheritance jurisprudence.