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Fatwa CenterDied leaving his parents, only daughters and no son
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distribution of prperty of a person who died and having only girls and his parents are alive. pls. provide full details.
Answer
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.
First of all, you should know that the potential male heirs of a deceased are fifteen, and the female heirs are ten, and it is not permissible to divide the inheritance in a detailed and correct manner as you requested unless all the heirs of the deceased are known and defined. In order for us to clarify to you the division of the inheritance, you should tell us exactly who all the legal heirs are.
In any case, if we presume that the dead left a father and a mother, and a number of girls – two or more – and he did not leave any other heir at all, then his father is entitled to a share of one-sixth as his fixed share of the inheritance, and his mother is entitled to one-sixth as her fixed share of the inheritance, and the daughters are entitled to two thirds as their fixed share of the inheritance.
Allaah Knows best.
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