INHERITANCE IN ISLAM

INHERITANCE IN ISLAM IN BRIEF.

SCENE 1.

If a man dies and is survived by the following heirs:
* Father
* Mother
* Wife
* A male child
* A female child
Each heir is entitled thus:
* Father = 1/6
* Mother =1/6
* Wife = 1/8
* the balance(13/24) is shared in ratio 2 :1 (male to female) among the children.

SCENE 2

When a man dies and leaves a male child/children and no female child, the male child/children has/have all the properties and no other person including the deceased brothers/sisters provided the deceased has no parents or grand parents.

SCENE 3

Where the deceased has male and female children without parents or grand parents, only the children have all the properties. None of the deceased brothers and sisters has anything in the properties. The share of the males to females will be 2:1.

If there are 5 males and 1female, all the 5 males will share 2/3 of the properties while the only female child will have 1/3 of the properties also where there is 1male, he alone will have 2/3 of the properties while the 5 females will share 1/3 of the properties among themselves.

SCENE 4

If the deceased has only female child/children, the brothers and sisters will have share on the properties.

If there are two or more females, the female children share two-third of the inheritance.
If only one female, her share is half of the inheritance.

SCENE  5

If the deceased leaves no children and the parents are the only heirs, the mother has a third.

SCENE 6

If the deceased has brothers and sisters, the mother has a sixth.

SCENE 7.

In case of deceased wife with no child, the share of husband is half of the properties.

SCENE 8.

If the deceased wife has child, the husband gets fourth of the properties.

SCENE 9.

If the deceased husband has no child, the wife's share is fourth.

SCENE 10.

If the deceased husband has children, the wife has an eighth.

SCENE 1I.

If the deceased man or woman had left no parents or grand parents or child, but left a brother or a sister, each one of them gets a sixth.

If more than two siblings, they share in a third.

Properties can only be shared IF the properties are debts free.

Quran 4:11-12.

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