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How is the inheritance distributed among: three sons, a mother, a daughter, and a wife?

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If the deceased has no heirs other than those mentioned, then the inheritance is divided as follows: the mother gets one-sixth due to the presence of a child, according to the Almighty's saying: ﴿And for his parents, each one of them the sixth of what he left if he had a child﴾. And his wife gets one-eighth due to the presence of a child, according to the Almighty's saying: ﴿But if you have a child, then for them is the eighth of what you leave﴾. And what remains after the shares of the mother and the wife is for the children by virtue of residuary inheritance, with the male receiving the equivalent of the share of two females, according to the Almighty's saying: ﴿Allah instructs you concerning your children: for the male, what is equal to the share of two females﴾.

The original distribution of the inheritance is from twenty-four parts, and it can be correctly distributed from one hundred and sixty-eight shares: the mother takes her one-sixth (28 shares), the wife takes her one-eighth (21 shares), and there remain for the children (119 shares), with the male taking (34 shares) and the female (17 shares).

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