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How is the inheritance distributed if the deceased left behind two daughters, a full brother, a full nephew, and two full sisters, knowing that he had registered an apartment in the name of his two daughters before his death? Should the apartment be returned to the heirs and distributed? Is the father sinful for doing that? And must the daughters' children distribute the inheritance to the father's family upon the daughters' death?

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The estate of the deceased is divided as follows: The daughters receive two-thirds as their prescribed share, based on Allah's saying: "But if there are [only] daughters, two or more, for them is two thirds of what he left." Whatever remains after the daughters' prescribed share goes to his full brothers and sisters by way of ta'sib (residuary heirship), with the male receiving twice the share of the female. The nephew (son of the brother) receives nothing, as he is completely excluded by the full siblings. As for the will left by the deceased, in which he wrote an apartment in the name of his daughters, it is not valid because it is a bequest to an heir, unless the other heirs approve it. If the father gifted the apartment to the daughters during his lifetime, and they took possession of it and managed it, then it is a valid and irrevocable gift. The matter of inheritances must be referred to the Sharia courts for investigation.

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