What is the share of each heir from the mentioned inheritance?
The deceased's wife receives one-eighth as a prescribed share due to the existence of a inheriting offspring, based on the Almighty's saying: ﴿But if you have a child, for them is one-eighth of what you leave, after any bequest you [may have] made or debt.﴾ The remainder goes to the son and daughters by way of ta'sib (residuary heirship), with the male receiving the equivalent of the share of two females, based on the Almighty's saying: ﴿Allah instructs you concerning your children: for the male, what is equal to the share of two females.﴾ Thus, the inheritance is divided into forty shares: the wife receives five shares, the son fourteen shares, and each daughter seven shares.
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