Does a wife inherit from her husband if he died before consummating the marriage, given that the heirs are two brothers from the mother's side and two sisters from the father's side?
The wife inherits from her deceased husband even if he had not consummated the marriage with her. She inherits one-fourth due to the absence of a lineal descendant. Allah Almighty says: "And for them [wives] is one fourth of what you leave if you have no child." The two siblings from the mother inherit one-third, shared equally between them. Allah Almighty says: "But if they are more than that, they share in one-third." The two sisters from the father inherit two-thirds. Allah Almighty says: "But if there are two [sisters], they receive two-thirds of what he left."
The inheritance is divided into fifteen shares: the wife receives three shares, the two siblings from the mother receive four shares, and the two sisters from the father receive eight shares.
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