Solved inheritance examples
The most requested family situations, calculated step by step, with the verses and a comparison of the four schools. Open an example, then adapt it to your family.
A man dies
- Wife, son and daughter The wife 18The son 712The daughter 724
- Wife, 2 sons and 2 daughters The wife 182 sons 7122 daughters 724
- Wife, 2 daughters and father The wife 182 daughters 23The father 524
- Wife, 3 daughters and a brother The wife 183 daughters 23The full brother 524
- Wife and daughters, no other heir The wife 182 daughters 78
- Wife, only daughter and brother The wife 18The daughter 12The full brother 38
- Wife, son and mother The wife 18The son 1724The mother 16
- Wife, son, father and mother The wife 18The son 1324The father 16The mother 16
- Two wives, 3 sons and 2 daughters 2 wives 183 sons 21322 daughters 732
- Wife, daughter, mother and brother The wife 18The daughter 12The mother 16The full brother 524
- Man without children: wife, mother and uncle The wife 14The mother 13The full paternal uncle 512
A woman dies
- Husband, son and daughter The husband 14The son 12The daughter 14
- Husband, 2 daughters and brother The husband 142 daughters 23The full brother 112
- Husband, daughter and father The husband 14The daughter 12The father 14
- Woman without children: husband, mother and brothers The husband 12The mother 162 full brothers 13
- Woman without children: husband and sister The husband 12The full sister 12
- Husband, mother, maternal half-brother and half-sister The husband 12The mother 16The maternal half-brother 16The maternal half-sister 16
Children and grandchildren
- One son and two daughters The son 122 daughters 12
- 2 sons and 3 daughters 2 sons 473 daughters 37
- Three daughters, no other heir 3 daughters 1
- Only daughter, no other heir The daughter 1
- Daughter, son’s daughter and sister The daughter 12The son’s daughter 16The full sister 13
- 2 daughters, son’s son and son’s daughter 2 daughters 23The son’s son 29The son’s daughter 19
- Daughter and sister The daughter 12The full sister 12
Without children
- Father and mother only The father 23The mother 13
- Mother and two brothers The mother 162 full brothers 56
- Man without children: wife, brothers and sisters The wife 142 full brothers 122 full sisters 14
- Mother and full sister The mother 25The full sister 35
- Wife only The wife 14Public treasury (bayt al-mal) 34
Grandfather and brothers
Famous cases
- Al-‘Umariyya: husband, father and mother The husband 12The father 13The mother 16
- Al-‘Umariyya: wife, father and mother The wife 14The father 12The mother 14
- Al-Mushtaraka The husband 12The mother 16The full brother 192 maternal half-brothers 29
- Al-Akdariyya The husband 13The mother 29The paternal grandfather 827The full sister 427
- Al-Minbariyya The wife 192 daughters 1627The father 427The mother 427
- Al-Mubahala The husband 38The mother 14The full sister 38
- Umm al-Furukh The husband 310The mother 1102 full sisters 252 maternal half-sisters 15
- Al-Malikiyya The husband 12The mother 16The paternal grandfather 16The paternal half-brother 16
- Mukhtasarat Zayd The mother 16The paternal grandfather 518The full sister 12The paternal half-brother 127The paternal half-sister 154
- Al-Kharqa’ The mother 13The paternal grandfather 49The full sister 29
- The unlucky brother The husband 12The full sister 12
- Ad-Dinariyya The wife 182 daughters 23The mother 1612 full brothers 125The full sister 1600
- Umm al-Aramil 3 wives 317The paternal grandmother 117The maternal grandmother 1178 full sisters 8174 maternal half-sisters 417