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What is the division of the estate of a woman who died and left behind a mother, a husband, a daughter, three sons, a brother, and four sisters? What are the texts that console her children? And is her liability for a usurious loan absolved if she repented from it before her death but did not repay it?

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The estate of the deceased woman is divided as follows: the husband receives one-fourth, the mother receives one-sixth, and the remainder goes to the sons and daughters, with the male receiving the share of two females. The brothers and sisters receive nothing. As for her borrowing with usury, if she repented from it before her death, then Allah accepts repentance. Her illness may also be an expiation for her sins and an elevation of her ranks.

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