What is the share of each heir from the estate of the deceased woman, if she left behind a father, a paternal uncle (full brother of the father), a husband, and a mother?
The estate of the deceased, if she has no heirs other than those mentioned, is divided as follows: the husband receives one-half as a prescribed share due to the absence of descendants. The mother receives one-third of the remainder, and the father receives two-thirds of the remainder. This is based on the Almighty’s saying: "And for you is half of what your wives leave if they have no child," and "But if he has no child and his parents inherit from him, then for his mother is one-third." The paternal uncle receives nothing due to the presence of the father. This issue is one of the two "Gharawain" cases, and its foundational calculation is out of six shares: three for the husband, one for the mother, and two for the father.
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