Do only males inherit, or do females also inherit from the estate of a person who died abroad approximately 110 years ago, leaving behind a full brother, four paternal half-brothers, and one paternal half-sister, knowing that all of his siblings have passed away, the last of whom was his full brother in 1989, and that his date of death is unknown and there is shared land?
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The daughters of a brother do not inherit from their paternal uncle because they are from among the-kindred-by-womb (dhawu al-arham). Brothers from the father's side do not inherit when a full brother is present; rather, they are excluded by him.
The division of the inheritance of a missing person depends on a ruling of his death. The determination of the date of death is referred to the court. If the court rules him dead on a specific date, his inheritance is divided among those of his heirs who were alive on that date.
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