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Has an error occurred in Sheikh Ibn al-Ha'im's legal inheritance table regarding the Great Dinariyah issue, where "two full sisters" was mentioned instead of "a full sister"?

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It is called "Al-Dinariyyah al-Kubra" (the Greater Dinariyyah) to distinguish it from the lesser one. It also has other names such as "Al-Rikabiyyah" and "Al-Shakiyyah" (the Complained-About Case) because Shuraih ruled that the sister receive only one dinar from an inheritance worth 600 dinars. The sister complained about this to Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), who upheld Shuraih's ruling and explained to her that this was her correct share according to the legal division for her brother, who left behind a wife, a mother, two daughters, and twelve brothers. It was also named "Al-Dawudiyyah" because Dawud al-Ta'i gave the same legal ruling. The inheritance is divided as follows: the two daughters receive two-thirds (400 dinars), the mother or grandmother receives one-sixth (100 dinars), the wife receives one-eighth (75 dinars), each brother receives two dinars, and the sister receives one dinar. The remainder after the fixed shares is then distributed among the brothers and sisters, with the male receiving the share of two females.

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