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Inheritance: 4 wives, 4 sons, 5 daughters, mother

Worked out under the Maliki school, with an example of F CFA 10,000,000. The fractions hold whatever the amount.

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Division of the estate of a man

Maliki school · Net to divide: F CFA 10,000,000

HeirShareParts%Amount
4 wivesFixed share15612.50%F CFA 1,250,000F CFA 312,500 each
MotherFixed share20816.67%F CFA 1,666,667
4 sonsResiduary54443.59%F CFA 4,358,974F CFA 1,089,744 each
5 daughtersResiduary34027.24%F CFA 2,724,359F CFA 544,872 each
Total11248100%F CFA 10,000,000
Base of the case (asl al-mas'ala)24Final base (after correction)1248

Every heir receives a whole number of parts out of 1248.

Breakdown

  • 4 sons43.59%
  • 5 daughters27.24%
  • Mother16.67%
  • 4 wives12.50%

Step-by-step explanation

In the order a scholar would set it out: who is excluded, then each share, then the final adjustment.

  1. 4 wives

    One eighth, as the deceased left a descendant. Several wives share it equally.

    Quran 4:12Family Code art. 610
  2. Mother

    One sixth, as the deceased left a descendant.

    Quran 4:11Family Code art. 619
  3. 4 sons

    With the daughters, the residue: two parts per son, one per daughter.

    Quran 4:11Family Code art. 578
  4. 5 daughters

    With the daughters, the residue: two parts per son, one per daughter.

    Quran 4:11Family Code art. 578
يُوصِيكُمُ اللَّهُ فِي أَوْلَادِكُمْ لِلذَّكَرِ مِثْلُ حَظِّ الْأُنثَيَيْنِ

Quran 4:11 · "Allah instructs you concerning your children: for the male, the share of two females…" Shares of children and parents.

وَلَكُمْ نِصْفُ مَا تَرَكَ أَزْوَاجُكُمْ إِن لَّمْ يَكُن لَّهُنَّ وَلَدٌ

Quran 4:12 · "For you is half of what your wives leave if they have no child…" Shares of spouses and maternal siblings.

For information only. Have it checked by a notary or a qualified scholar. This assumes no heir is missing, unborn or under an impediment.

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