How is the inheritance of a woman to be distributed who died, leaving behind: a living full brother, two living full sisters, and a full sister who died before her, with no children, and her parents and husband are deceased?
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If a woman dies and leaves behind only a full brother and two full sisters, then the inheritance is distributed among them with the male receiving the share of two females. That is, the estate is divided into four shares: the brother receives two shares, and each sister receives one share. This is based on the Almighty's saying: (And if there are brothers and sisters, males and females, then for the male is the share of two females), and this is by the consensus of scholars.
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