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Inheritance: wife, mother, 2 full brothers

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
WifeFixed share625%F CFA 2,500,000
MotherFixed share416.67%F CFA 1,666,667
2 full brothersResiduary1458.33%F CFA 5,833,333F CFA 2,916,667 each
Total124100%F CFA 10,000,000
Base of the case (asl al-mas'ala)12Final base (after correction)24

Every heir receives a whole number of parts out of 24.

Breakdown

  • 2 full brothers58.33%
  • Wife25%
  • Mother16.67%

Step-by-step explanation

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

  1. Wife

    One quarter, as the deceased left no descendant. Several wives share it equally.

    Quran 4:12Family Code art. 609
  2. Mother

    One sixth, as the deceased left two or more siblings, even though they are themselves excluded.

    Quran 4:11Family Code art. 619Family Code art. 592
  3. 2 full brothers

    Everything left, as residuary.

    Quran 4:176Bukhari 6732 ; Muslim 1615Family Code art. 577
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.

يَسْتَفْتُونَكَ قُلِ اللَّهُ يُفْتِيكُمْ فِي الْكَلَالَةِ

Quran 4:176 · "They ask you for a ruling. Say: Allah gives you a ruling concerning the kalala…" Shares of brothers and sisters.

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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