How is the estate of a deceased man, amounting to one hundred thousand, to be distributed among a son, a father, a mother, a daughter, a wife, and a full sister?
If the deceased only has male descendants, then after settling debts and bequests, the inheritance is distributed as follows:
The father: One-sixth (due to the Almighty's saying: "And for his parents, to each one of them a sixth of what he left if he had a child"). The mother: One-sixth (due to the aforementioned Quranic text). The wife: One-eighth (due to the presence of a lineal descendant, as per the Almighty's saying: "But if you have a child, then for them is an eighth of what you leave"). The son and the daughter: They divide the remainder by ta'sib (residuary heirship), with the male receiving the share of two females (as per the Almighty's saying: "Allah instructs you concerning your children: for the male, what is equal to the share of two females"). The full sister: She is excluded due to the presence of lineal descendants and ascendants.
The estate is divided into 72 shares: 12 shares for the father, 12 shares for the mother, 9 shares for the wife, 26 shares for the son, and 13 shares for the daughter. For an amount of 100,0: 16,667 for the father, 16,667 for the mother, 12,500 for the wife, 36,111 for the son, and 18,55 for the daughter.
Matters of inheritance must be referred to the Sharia courts due to the possibility of another heir, bequests, debts, or rights that take precedence over the rights of the heirs.
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