Division of the estate of a man who died and left behind a wife, mother, brother and sister
Question: 11803
A man died leaving behind a wife, a brother, a sister and a mother. How will the estate be shared among this heirs?
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.
Source:
Shaykh Sa’d al-Humayd
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