What is the legal ruling regarding the inheritance of a kalalah when there is one sister or two sisters among the heirs, and what is the share of the remaining half or third? And are the two noble verses: "They ask you for a legal decision. Say: Allah gives you a legal decision concerning Al-Kalalah..." and "If a man or a woman dies leaving neither a parent nor a child and he (or she) has a brother or a sister..." abrogating and abrogated, or does each have a different ruling?
Scholars have differed regarding the remaining wealth after the Ashab al-Furud (those with specified shares) have taken their portions. Some opine that it reverts to the Bayt al-Mal (public treasury), while others hold that it is returned to the heirs, excluding the spouses. This is known as the chapter of Ar-Radd (reversion). As for the verse, "{...And if a man or woman leaves no parents or children but has a brother or a sister, then for each one of them is a sixth. But if they are more than that, they share in a third...}" this was revealed, by consensus, concerning brothers and sisters from the mother's side. Whereas the verse at the end of Surat An-Nisa speaks of full brothers and sisters, and paternal brothers and sisters are included with them in the absence of full brothers and sisters.
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