What is the reason for completing the two-thirds when dividing the inheritance?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, we always hear the heirs of fixed shares say "completing the two-thirds." What is the reason for that?
Answer:
Because Allah gave the daughters two-thirds and gave the sisters two-thirds. So if one of the heirs of the half is present, she takes it. The sister on the father's side takes one-sixth in order to complete the two-thirds. The daughter of a son takes one-sixth with the daughter in order to complete the two-thirds, because Allah gave them two-thirds and said[An-Nisa 4:11], so she takes the half, and the daughter of a son takes one-sixth or the remainder to complete the two-thirds.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, we always hear the heirs of fixed shares say "completing the two-thirds." What is the reason for that?
Answer:
Because Allah gave the daughters two-thirds and gave the sisters two-thirds. So if one of the heirs of the half is present, she takes it. The sister on the father's side takes one-sixth in order to complete the two-thirds. The daughter of a son takes one-sixth with the daughter in order to complete the two-thirds, because Allah gave them two-thirds and said
And if there is only one, for her is half
وَإِن كَانَتْ وَاحِدَةً فَلَهَا النِّصْفُ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1620 -2802] ما سبب تكملة الثُلثين عند قسمة الميراث؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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