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What is the ruling regarding the inheritance of an orphan girl, orphaned of both parents, who passed away after marrying into the family that raised her, knowing that she has full siblings?

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The inheritance of this woman goes to her heirs, who are her siblings by blood and her husband, if he is present. The family with whom she grew up has no right to it. The causes of inheritance are three: marriage (Nikah), clientage (Wala'), and kinship (Nasab). If she has no brother or brothers from her mother's side, then her husband gets half (if she was married), and the remainder goes to her full brothers and sisters, with the male receiving the share of two females. If she has a brother or sister from her mother's side, they get one-sixth, and if they are more than one, they share one-third. If she has no husband or siblings from her mother's side, then her entire inheritance goes to her full brothers and sisters.

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