Heirs to One Hundred Dollars

6-5-2002 | IslamWeb

Question:

A person died leaving two widows, one daughter and three sons. If he left 100 dollar, what will be the amount each heir gets out of these 100 dollar?

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

The share of the two wives in the above case is one-eighth of the inheritance and it should be distributed equally between them. The remaining inheritance will be distributed among three sons and the daughter; the male would take double the share of the female; i.e., the inheritance would be divided into seven portions; every son will take two portions and the daughter will take one portion.

Allah knows best.