How is inheritance divided among a deceased's five daughters and two wives?
If the deceased left behind only daughters and two wives, then the daughters receive two-thirds as a prescribed share, according to the Almighty’s saying: "But if there are [only] daughters, two or more, for them is two thirds of what he left." And the two wives receive one-eighth as a prescribed share due to the existence of a [descendant] heir, according to the Almighty’s saying: "But if you have a child, then for them [the wives] is one eighth of what you leave, after any bequest you [may have] made or debt." Whatever remains is taken by the daughters as a return. The inheritance is divided into eighty shares: the two wives receive ten shares (five for each), and the daughters receive the remaining seventy shares (fourteen for each).
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