AA Can you please clarify this inheritance issue for me? "According to the instruction given in Quran if a man dies and leav behind a wife, three daughters and his two parents, His wife’s share of his inheritance is 1/8.(In what ye leave, their share is a fourth, if ye leave no child; but if ye leave a child, they get an eighth)His daughters would receive 2/3 (if only daughters, two or more, their share is two-thirds of the inheritance;)and his parents each will get 1/6 of his inheritance.(For parents, a sixth share of the inheritance to each, if the deceased left children;) When you add all these fractions the sum is more than the total of inheritance. Wife1/8 =3/24 Daughters 2/3=16/24 Father1/6 = 4/24 Mother1/6 = 4/24 Total = 27/24."JAK
All praise be to Allah, and may His blessings and peace be on His last messenger, Muhammad,
These are the default shares if there is no ‘awl, which is the case where the combination of individual shares will be more than 100% of the estate. In such case, the division becomes over 27, not 24.
When the Quran mentioned the shares of everyone, it mentioned those shares in most or usual circumstances. However, when there are exceptional cases like the one above, the fix is simple, as indicated here above. The Quran didn’t say that such case will never happen; it simply designated an appropriate percentage for every heir based on their relation to the deceased and their need.
Allah knows best.
