How is the inheritance of a man who left behind three daughters, a wife, a father, and a mother divided, or who left behind three daughters, a father, and a mother only, assuming the inheritance is 10,000?
If a man dies and leaves behind three daughters, a wife, a father, and a mother, his estate is divided as follows: the daughters receive two-thirds (16 shares), the wife receives one-eighth (3 shares), the father receives one-sixth (4 shares), and the mother receives one-sixth (4 shares). The issue is corrected to become out of 81 shares: the wife gets 9 shares, the father 12 shares, the mother 12 shares, and the daughters 48 shares (16 shares for each).
If there is no wife, the inheritance is divided between the father and the mother (each receiving one-sixth) and the daughters (receiving two-thirds). The issue is then divided out of 24 shares: the father gets 4 shares, the mother 4 shares, and the daughters 18 shares (6 shares for each).
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