The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No.2357- If the heirs of a deceased are only his father, mother and his one daughter, the property will be divided into five parts, out of which the father and the mother take one share each, and the remaining three shares are taken by the daughter. In case the deceased has two brothers or four sisters or one brother and two sisters from the same father of the deceased, the property will be divided into six parts. The father and mother will each take one part, and three parts will be taken by the daughter. As regards the remaining one part, the father and the daughter will divide it between themselves, and as a recommended precaution they should make a compromise in this division.

Issue No.2358- If the heirs of the deceased are his father, mother and one son only, the property is divided into six parts, from which one is taken by the father and one by the mother, and four by the son. In case, the deceased has several sons or daughters, they divide the said four parts equally among them. If, however, he has several sons and daughters, the four shares are divided among them in such a way that each son gets double the share of each daughter.

Issue No.2359- If the heirs of the deceased are his father and one son only, or his mother and one son only, the property is divided into six parts, from which one part goes to the father or mother, and five parts to the son.

Issue No.2360- If the heir of the deceased is either his father or mother along with one son and one daughter, the property is divided into six parts, out of which one goes to the father or the mother, and the remaining five parts is divided in such a way that each son gets double the share of each daughter.

Issue No.2361- If the heirs of the deceased are his father and one daughter only, or his mother and one daughter only, the property is divided into four parts; one part goes to the father or the mother, and the remaining three parts go to the daughter.

Issue No.2362- If the heirs of the deceased are his father and several daughters only, or his mother and several daughters only, the estate is divided into five parts. One part is taken by the father or the mother, and the remaining four parts are equally divided among the daughters.

Issue No.2363- If the deceased has no children, his son’s child (though it may be a daughter) gets the share of the deceased person’s son, and the child of his daughter (though it may be a boy) gets the share of the daughter of the deceased.

Issue No.2365- If the heir of the deceased is only one brother or only one sister, he or she inherits the entire property, and if there are several full-blood brothers alone or several full-blood sisters alone, they divide the property equally among themselves. However, if he has several full-blood brothers together with some full-blood sisters, every brother gets double the share of a sister.

Issue No.2366- If a deceased has full-blood brothers or full-blood sisters, his half brothers and sisters (whose mother is the stepmother of the deceased) do not inherit his property. In case the deceased has no full-blood brothers or sisters and has only one paternal half-blood brother or sister (whose father is the same with the deceased), he or she inherits the entire property, and if he has several paternal brothers alone or several paternal sisters alone, they divide the property equally among themselves. However, if he has several paternal brothers together with some paternal sisters, each brother gets double the share of every sister.

Issue No.2367- If the heir of the deceased is one maternal half-blood sister, or one maternal half-blood brother (who is the stepsister or stepbrother of the deceased from the mother's side) he or she inherits the entire estate, and if he has several maternal brothers alone, or several maternal sisters alone, or both of them together, in all cases the estate is divided equally among them.

Issue No.2368- If the deceased has full-blood brothers and sisters (i.e., from the same parents), together with brothers and sisters from only the father’s side, and one brother or one sister from the mother’s side, the paternal brothers and sisters do not inherit. In this case, the property is divided into six parts, from which one part is given to the maternal brother or sister, and the remaining five parts will be given to full-blood brothers and sisters (brothers and sisters from the same parents), and every brother will get double the share of every sister. However, if he has more than one maternal brother or sister, the property is divided into three parts, one part of which will be divided equally between the maternal brother and sister, and the remaining two parts will be given to brothers and sisters from the same parents, in which case every brother will get double the share of every sister.

Issue No.2369- If the only heirs of the deceased are his paternal brothers and sisters, and one maternal brother or one maternal sister, the property will be divided into six parts. One part will be given to the maternal brother or the maternal sister, and the remaining parts will be divided among the paternal brothers and sisters in such a manner that every brother gets double the share of every sister.