Who inherits a deceased woman who has only paternal siblings and maternal siblings?
If a woman dies leaving uterine brothers and sisters, and consanguine brothers and sisters, the inheritance is divided as follows:
For the uterine brothers and sisters: one-third, based on the Almighty’s saying: (And if a man or a woman leaves neither ascendants nor descendants but has a brother or a sister, then for each one of them is a sixth; but if they are more than two, they are partners in one-third) An-Nisa/12. If they are males and females, then the male gets the same share as the female.
The consanguine brothers and sisters take the remainder by ta'sib (residuary heirship), based on the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) saying: "Give the prescribed shares to those entitled to them, and what remains is for the closest male." If they are males and females, then the male gets the share of two females.
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