What is the legal share of the infant girl and the grandmother in the inheritance, and does the grandmother have the right to claim some specific items of the trousseau?
If the heirs are limited to those mentioned, then the deceased's mother receives one-sixth, her husband receives one-fourth, and her daughter receives one-half. The remainder goes to her four full brothers as asabah (residuaries), to be divided equally among them. The inheritance is to be divided into forty-eight shares.
The share of the deceased's mother (the child's grandmother) is one-sixth, and the share of the daughter (the child) is one-half.
Regarding the electrical appliances and furniture: if they belonged to the husband, then neither the grandmother nor the daughter has a right to them. But if they belonged to the wife, then her mother has a right to them in proportion to her legal share in the inheritance. If the furniture was purchased from the woman's mahr (dowry), or from her own money, or from her family's money, then it belongs to the wife and passes to her heirs. None of the heirs has the right to take exclusive possession of any part of the inheritance except with the consent of the other heirs. If a dispute arises among the heirs, the matter should be referred to a court or to consultation with people of knowledge.
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