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What is the share of each heir from the estate of a man who died leaving two full brothers and five full sisters, and two uterine sisters, and did not leave children, nor parents, nor a wife, nor a will?

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If there are rights pertaining to the estate and the deceased's liabilities (such as a mortgage, blood money for an injury, debt, and zakat), they must be settled before the division of the estate. In this case, the two sisters from the mother's side will receive one-third between them, according to the Almighty's saying: "And if a man or a woman leaves no direct heir but has a brother or a sister [from the mother's side], then for each one of them is a sixth; but if they are more than that, then they are sharers in a third." The remainder after the one-third will be taken by the full brothers by way of ta'sib (residuary inheritance), with the male receiving the share of two females, in accordance with the Almighty's saying: "And if they are brothers and sisters, males and females, then for the male is the share of two females." Matters concerning inheritance should be referred to specialized Sharia courts.

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