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How is the inheritance of a woman to be distributed if she died leaving behind one son and two daughters, and she had other children who died before her and after her, and others who are still alive?

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The son who dies before his mother has no share of her estate, and similarly, his children do not inherit from their grandmother due to the existence of their direct uncle. The daughter who dies before her mother has no share, and her children are not among the heirs at all.

However, the daughter who dies after her mother has a share in the inheritance, and her share passes to her heirs.

If a woman dies and leaves only a son and three daughters, the estate is divided among them by ta'sib (residuary heirship), with the male receiving the equivalent of the share of two females. The share of the daughter who died after her mother is divided among her heirs.

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