What is the Shariah ruling on the entitlement of paternal cousins to a share of the revenues from the deceased father's published works, a portion of which devolved upon the deceased unmarried brother who was inherited by his paternal cousins, given the objection of some of the sisters to this?
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If your partner in the project of printing your father's works passes away, his share of the copyright enters his estate and is distributed among all his heirs, including his male paternal cousins who inherit by 'asabah (agnatic succession).
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