Back to search
The question

How is the inheritance of a man who died leaving behind a wife, one daughter, four full sisters, three half-sisters, and a paternal uncle divided?

Share this answer

Source: FtawySummarized from the full answer at Ftawy · imported Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
The answer

To accurately divide an inheritance, the heirs must be precisely identified, and the degree of kinship of the paternal uncle (full brother, paternal half-brother, or maternal half-brother) must be determined, as well as whether the deceased left behind a mother, father, paternal grandfather, or maternal grandmother.

If we assume the deceased left only a wife, a daughter, full sisters, half-sisters, and a paternal uncle, then the wife receives one-eighth, the daughter receives one-half, and the remaining share goes to the full sisters by ta'sib (residuary inheritance). The half-sisters and the paternal uncle receive nothing due to being excluded by the full sisters (or by the daughter if the half-sisters are maternal).

The inheritance is then divided into thirty-two shares: the wife receives four shares (one-eighth), the daughter receives sixteen shares (one-half), and the remaining twelve shares go to the full sisters, with each sister receiving three shares.

Summarized from the full answer at Ftawy · imported

Read the full answer on Ftawy
Source platform
Ftawy
Original fatwa ID
172191
Imported
Translation status
Source text, unreviewed
Read the full ruling
Read the full answer on Ftawy