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What is the share of each of the following from the deceased's inheritance: the wife, the three full sisters, the children of the deceased full sister, and the paternal half-brother?

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The method of distributing the inheritance cannot be determined until the heirs are accurately identified. If we assume that the deceased left behind only his wife, three full sisters, and a paternal half-brother, then the wife receives one-quarter due to the absence of a direct descendant heir. The full sisters receive two-thirds, and the remainder goes to the paternal half-brother by 'asabah (residuary heirship). The children of the deceased full sister are not among the heirs. As for the children of the full brother, they are among the heirs but are completely excluded by the paternal half-brother. In this case, the inheritance is divided into 36 shares: 9 shares for the wife, 24 shares for the full sisters (8 shares for each), and 3 shares for the paternal half-brother.

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