Inheritance of two wives, one son and two daughters

21-8-2010 | IslamWeb

Question:

Assalaamu ‘Alaykum; Please calculate the inheritance according to the following information ۞-Does the deceased have male relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A son) Number 1 ۞-Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit : (A daughter) Number 2 (A wife) Number 2

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  sallallaahu  `alayhi  wa  sallam ( may  Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger.

If the deceased did not leave any heirs except those mentioned in the question, then the two wives get together one-eighth of the inheritance as their legal share. Allaah Says (what means): {But if you leave a child, then for them [i.e. the wives] is an eighth of what you leave, after any bequest you [may have] made or debt.}[Quran 4:12]

The remainder will be divided amongst the son and the two daughters by Ta’seeb (by virtue of having a paternal relation with the deceased and not having an allotted share, so they get what is left after the allotted shares have been distributed); the male twice the share of the female as Allaah Says (what means): {Allaah instructs you concerning your children [i.e. their portions of inheritance]: for the male, what is equal to the share of two females.}[Quran 4:11]

Therefore, the inheritance should be divided into 32 shares, the two wives get [together] one-eighth, which is 4 shares which means 2 shares for each of them, the son gets 14 shares and each daughter gets 7 shares.

Allaah Knows best.

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