A man died leaving behind a wife, a brother, a sister and a mother. How will the estate be shared among this heirs?
Division of the estate of a man who died and left behind a wife, mother, brother and sister
Question: 11803
Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.
The man’s estate should be divided among the heirs mentioned in the following manner:
The wife is given a quarter, the mother is given one-sixth, and the rest is shared between the brother and sister giving the male twice the share of the female.
So if, for example, he left behind 18,000:
His wife gets one quarter of the estate, which is 4500.
His mother gets one-sixth of the estate, which is 3000.
The rest (18,000 – 7500= 10,500) is divided into three shares.
One third is given to the female, 3500.
Two-thirds are given to the male, 7000.
And Allaah knows best.
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Source:
Shaykh Sa’d al-Humayd