What is the share of each heir from the inheritance for a deceased person who left behind: a son, a father, a mother, two daughters, and a wife?
If the deceased's heirs are limited to those mentioned, their inheritance is divided as follows:
- The parents each receive one-sixth due to the presence of a descendant heir, as Allah states: "And for his parents, each of them gets a sixth of what he left if he had a child" (An-Nisa: 11).
- The wife receives one-eighth due to the presence of a descendant heir, as Allah states: "But if you have a child, then for them is one-eighth of what you leave" (An-Nisa: 12).
- What remains after the shares of the parents and wife goes to the son and the two daughters by way of ta'sib (residuary heirship), with the male receiving the equivalent of the share of two females, as Allah states: "Allah instructs you concerning your children: for the male, what is equal to the share of two females" (An-Nisa: 11).
The fractional basis of the inheritance is twenty-four, and it is corrected to ninety-six, such that each parent receives 16 shares, the wife receives 12 shares, each daughter receives 13 shares, and the son receives 26 shares.
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