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?
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.
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