How is the inheritance divided among: a wife, a daughter, a full brother, and two full sisters?
If the heirs of the deceased are limited to those mentioned, the inheritance is to be divided as follows:
- The daughter receives one half for being alone, based on the Almighty's saying: "And if there be one daughter, she shall have half."
- The wife receives one-eighth due to the presence of a legal descendant (the daughter), based on the Almighty's saying: "But if you have a child, then for them [the wives] is one eighth of what you leave."
- What remains after the shares of the daughter and the wife goes to the full siblings by virtue of 'asabah (agnatic succession), with the male receiving the share of two females, based on the Almighty's saying: "And if there are brothers and sisters, then for the male will be the like of the share of two females."
The origin of the inheritance is 8 shares and it is corrected to 32 shares: the daughter gets 16 shares, the wife gets 4 shares, and each full brother gets 6 shares, and each full sister gets 3 shares.
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