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How is the inheritance to be divided among the mentioned heirs, taking into account the claims of some daughters that their father took their dowries, and the claim of one of them for a debt owed by the father, for which there is no evidence except for a paper from a lawyer?

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If one of the heirs claims a debt against the estate, he is obligated to provide evidence to the Sharia court. If the deceased took his daughters' dowries without their consent, they have the right to claim it from the estate because it is a preferential debt. If the deceased left behind only a wife, seven sons, and eleven daughters, the wife receives one-eighth (25 shares out of 200 shares) due to the presence of lineal descendants, and the remaining (175 shares) goes to the sons and daughters by ta’sib (residuary heirship), with the male receiving the share of two females (each son gets 14 shares, and each daughter gets 7 shares). The rest of the mentioned heirs do not inherit in the presence of direct sons.

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