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How is the inheritance divided among the wife, the three daughters, and the six full sisters?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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If the deceased has no male heirs other than his wife, daughters, and sisters, they all inherit from him. The distribution of the inheritance is as follows: The daughters receive two-thirds as a prescribed share, according to the Almighty's saying: "But if there are [only] daughters, two or more, for them is two-thirds of what he left." [An-Nisa: 11]. His wife receives one-eighth as a prescribed share, according to the Almighty's saying: "But if you have a child, for them is an eighth of what you left, after any bequest you [may have] made or debt." [An-Nisa: 12]. What remains after the daughters' and wife's shares goes to the sisters by ta'sib (residuary inheritance), because they do not inherit a prescribed share with the daughters but rather take the remainder, as Ibn Abi Zayd al-Maliki said: "And if there are daughters, the sisters are residuary heirs with them." It must be noted that matters of inheritance are serious and complex and cannot be settled by a alone. Rather, they must be referred to the courts for investigation and to ensure that there are no other heirs, bequests, or debts that take precedence over the heirs' rights.

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