A named technical case involving a husband, mother, grandfather and full sister, producing an unusual combination of proportional reduction and re-partition.
The Canadian position
Rare in practice, but it illustrates why a real estate should be calculated by someone trained in faraid.
A general summary table will not resolve it correctly.
The Islamic position
The case is treated differently across the schools and is used in teaching to test mastery of the calculation.
If your family configuration resembles it, get the calculation done professionally.
The four Sunni schools are not recorded as differing materially on this point in the sources reviewed. Where your own case turns on it, put it to a scholar of your school.
This is legal information only. For advice on your own circumstances, speak to a lawyer.
Citations & sources
Every factual claim on this page traces to one of the references below. Legislation and dollar thresholds change — verify against the primary source before relying on any figure.
- Surah an-Nisa 4:11 — shares of children and parents — Quran.com
- Surah an-Nisa 4:12 — shares of spouses and uterine siblings — Quran.com
- Surah an-Nisa 4:176 — the kalalah verse — Quran.com
- Sahih al-Bukhari, Book 85: Laws of Inheritance (Faraid) — Sunnah.com
- Sahih Muslim, Book of Inheritance — Sunnah.com
- Encyclopaedia of Islam — Brill
- Research Papers — Cambridge Muslim College
- Research — Cambridge Muslim College
- Academics — Islamic law and theology curriculum — Zaytuna College
- Administering estates — Government of Ontario
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