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How is the estate of a woman who died leaving behind a full sister, a paternal male cousin, eight paternal male cousins, and four paternal female cousins divided?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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If a woman dies leaving behind a full sister, a female cousin, eight male cousins, and four female cousins, the inheritance is distributed as follows:

To the full sister: One-half as a prescribed share, based on the Almighty's saying: (If a man dies, leaving no child but a sister, she will have half of what he leaves). The remainder to the male cousins: It is divided equally among them by way of ta'sib (residuary heirship), based on the Prophet's (peace be upon him) saying: (Give the prescribed shares to those entitled to them, and whatever remains is for the closest male relative). Nothing for the female cousin or the four female cousins: Because they do not inherit through a prescribed share or ta'sib.

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