How is an inheritance distributed when the deceased is survived by a father, full brother, mother, and wife, and there are debts owed by the deceased?
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First, the debt of the deceased must be paid before the inheritance is distributed, because debt takes precedence over the rights of the heirs. If the deceased left only a wife, a mother, and a father, then the wife gets one-fourth, the mother gets one-third of the remainder, and the father gets the rest. The full brother gets nothing because he is excluded by the father. The inheritance is divided into four shares: one share for the wife, one share for the mother, and two shares for the father. This issue is known as one of "the Two Umariyyah issues."
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