Died leaving 1 full brother, 2 full sisters, 5 nephews and 2 cousins Fatwa No: 228166
- Fatwa Date:9-12-2013
Assalaamu ‘Alaykum; Please calculate the inheritance according to the following information -Does the deceased have male relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A full brother) Number 1 (A nephew from a full brother) Number 5 (A cousin from a full paternal uncle) Number 2 -Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit : (A full sister) Number 2
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. If the deceased does not have any other heirs than those mentioned in the question, then all his inheritance will be divided amongst his two full-sisters and his full-brother by Ta’seeb (by virtue of having a paternal relation with the deceased and not having an prescribed share, so they get what is left after the prescribed shares have been allotted); and the male gets twice the share of the female as Allaah says (what means): {If there are both brothers and sisters, the male will have the share of two females.}[Quran 4:176] The sons of the full-brother and the sons of the uncle do not get anything from the inheritance as they are all excluded for the sake of the full-brother. Therefore, the inheritance should be divided into four shares: the full-brother gets two shares, and each full-sister gets one share. Allaah Knows best.