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How is the legitimate blood money (Diyya) and the rest of the inheritance and wealth distributed for a family that died in a car accident, given the order of death and the heirs of both the mother and the father?

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If the father and mother die in a car accident in the order mentioned, the one who dies later inherits from the one who dies earlier. The blood money (diyah) of each deceased person is added to their estate and divided among their heirs.

The blood money of the wife and the rest of her estate are divided as follows: the husband receives one-fourth (due to the presence of a lineal descendant), the daughter receives one-half, the father receives one-sixth, the mother receives one-sixth, and her brothers and sisters receive nothing. The estate is then divided into 13 parts by the principle of awl (proportional reduction).

The blood money of the husband and the rest of his estate (including the one-fourth he inherited from his wife's estate) are divided as follows: the daughter receives one-half, the mother receives one-sixth, and the remainder goes to his brothers and sisters by ta'sib (residuary inheritance).

The blood money of the child and what she inherited from the estates and blood money of her parents are divided among her living heirs: the two grandmothers (paternal grandmother and maternal grandmother) receive one-sixth equally, and the remainder goes to the paternal uncle by ta'sib.

It is advisable to refer to the court to confirm the identification of the heirs.

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