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Are the questioner's paternal uncles entitled to claim the land on which his father built a house and two shops, which is state-owned and not part of the deceased grandfather's estate, on the grounds that it is adjacent to the grandfather's house and should be divided as inheritance?

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If the land is considered, by common understanding and custom, as belonging to the grandfather who originally owned it, then it is counted among his possessions and should be divided as a lawful inheritance. However, if it is independent and was acquired by possession, then it belongs to the one who took possession of it (the father), and no one else shares in its ownership. In case of uncertainty between these two types, reconciliation should be sought, and a sum of money should be paid to the paternal uncles and aunts in exchange for their relinquishing their claim to it.

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