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What is the share of the heirs in the inheritance and the deceased's retirement salary for a person who left a wife, a son, a father, a mother, and siblings?

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If the deceased leaves behind a wife, a child, and two parents, the wife receives one-eighth, and each parent receives one-sixth, with the remainder going to the son, and nothing to the siblings. This is supported by the Almighty's saying: "And for his parents, each of them the sixth of what he left if he had a child," and the Almighty's saying: "And for them [wives] a quarter of what you leave if you have no child; but if you have a child, then for them a ninth of what you leave, after any bequest you [may have] made or debt." Also by the hadith: "Give the prescribed shares to those entitled to them, and whatever remains is for the closest male heir."

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