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How is the estate of a woman who died leaving behind a husband, three daughters, four full sisters, a nephew and niece from a deceased full sister, paternal uncles, sons and daughters of paternal uncles, and a maternal uncle to be distributed?

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If the deceased left behind only males, then her husband receives a quarter, and her daughters two-thirds, and the remainder goes to the four full sisters by ta'sib (residuary inheritance), divided equally among them; this is based on the Almighty's saying: "But if they have a child, then for you is a fourth of what they leave after any bequest they [may have] made or debt." And the Almighty's saying: "But if there are women [inheritors] above two, for them is two-thirds of what he left." And what was affirmed from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, that he gave the sister what remained after the share of the daughter and the son's daughter. There is nothing for the paternal uncles and their sons, nor for the son and daughter of her full sister who died before her, nor for the maternal uncle; this is because the sisters become 'asabat (residuary heirs) with the daughters.

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