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Who inherits from an unmarried girl whose divorced parents have both died? And how is the inheritance distributed in this case? What if one of her parents had died and she had no full siblings, but had two sisters and two brothers from her mother, and six siblings from her father?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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If a woman dies and leaves behind:

1. A father, a mother, uterine brothers, and paternal brothers: Only the parents inherit. The mother gets one-sixth, and the father gets the remainder. The brothers are excluded.

2. A father, uterine brothers, and paternal brothers: Only the father inherits. The brothers are excluded.

3. A mother, uterine brothers, and paternal brothers: The mother inherits one-sixth due to the presence of the brothers. The uterine brothers inherit one-third, which they divide equally among themselves. The paternal brothers receive the remainder by ta'seeb (agnatic succession).

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