Back to search

How is the inheritance distributed among the husband, the father, the mother, two daughters, and two sons, knowing that there are no other heirs?

1 min readAlso available in العربية

If the heirs are limited to the father, mother, husband, two sons, and two daughters, the inheritance is divided as follows:

The father gets one-sixth due to the presence of a lineal descendant. The mother gets one-sixth due to the presence of a lineal descendant. The husband gets one-fourth due to the presence of a lineal descendant. The remainder goes to the sons and daughters by virtue of عصوبة (agnatic relationship), with the male receiving the equivalent of the share of two females.

The foundational number for the calculation of shares (أصل المسألة) is 12, and it can be corrected to 72. Thus, the father receives 12 shares, the mother receives 12 shares, the husband receives 18 shares, and 30 shares remain for the children (10 shares for each male and 5 shares for each female).

Summarized from the full answer at Ftawy · reviewed Sep 2, 2026

Read the full answer on Ftawy