9 Questions
What share does a paternal grandmother receive when there is no nearer true grandmother and no father?
1/3 of what remains after deducting the wife's or husband's share
In the absence of a son, how does the share of a daughter change?
The daughter takes ½
What is the share of a son's son's daughter when there is no son or son's son?
1/6
What is the condition for a daughter to become a residuary?
When there is only one daughter or higher
What is the share of a son's son when there is no son?
½
What is the share of a uterine brother?
1/6
What is the share of a true sister?
1/3
What happens when there is no nearer true grandmother and no father?
The paternal grandmother becomes a residuary and inherits 1/3 of what remains after deducting the wife's or husband's share
Who becomes a residuary when there is only one daughter or higher?
The daughter or higher son's daughter
Study Notes
Sunni Law of Inheritance
Sharers and Their Respective Shares
- Father: 1/6 (when there is a child), ½ (when no child or child of a son), ¼ (when no child or child of a son, and not more than one brother or sister)
- True Grandfather: ½ (when no child or child of a son)
- Husband: ¼
- Wife: 1/8
- Mother: 1/6 (when no father), 1/8 (when father is present)
- True Grandmother: 1/6 (when no mother, and no nearer true grandmother either paternal or maternal)
- Full Sister: ½ (when no brother), 1/6 (when there is a brother)
- Consanguine Sister: 1/6 (when no full sister)
- Daughters: inherit the remaining property after the Sharers have taken their shares
Conditions for Inheritance
- Father inherits as a residuary when there is no child or child of a son, and no true grandfather
- Mother inherits as a residuary when there is no father, and no true grandmother
- True Grandfather inherits as a residuary when there is no child or child of a son, and no father
- Full Sister inherits as a residuary when there is no child, and no father, and no true grandfather
- Consanguine Sister inherits as a residuary when there is no child, and no father, and no true grandmother
Shia Law of Inheritance
Sharers and Their Respective Shares
- Husband: ¼
- Wife: 1/8
- Father: 1/6 (when there is a lineal descendant), ¼ (when no lineal descendant)
- Mother: 1/6 (when there is a lineal descendant), 1/8 (when no lineal descendant)
- Daughters: ½ (when there is only one daughter), 2/3 (when there are two or more daughters)
- Uterine Brother: 1/6
- Sister: 1/3 (when there is only one sister)
- Son's Daughter: ½ (when there is only one son's daughter), 2/3 (when there are two or more son's daughters)
- Son's Son's Daughter: 1/6 (when there is only one son's son's daughter)
Conditions for Inheritance
- Father inherits as a residuary when there is no lineal descendant
- Mother inherits as a residuary when there is no lineal descendant, and no father
- Daughter inherits as a residuary when there is no son, and no son's son
- Son's Daughter inherits as a residuary when there is no son, and no son's son
Test your knowledge of the Sunni Law of Inheritance, including the normal shares and conditions under which they are inherited. Explore the rules and variations of inheritance for different family members. Understand the concept of residuaries and how they succeed in different circumstances.
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