The Inheritance of the Son’s Son and the Daughters of the Other Son

The questioner:
A man had two sons.

The Shaykh:
No, no, no.

The questioner:
He had two sons; one died and left a son, and the other died and left three daughters. What is the inheritance of the son?

The Shaykh:
If a person dies leaving his son’s son and three daughters of his other son’s son, his estate is divided among them in fifths. If a man dies leaving his son’s son and three daughters of his other son, and he had two sons, one of whom died leaving a son, and the other died leaving three daughters, and then their grandfather died, having been the father of two sons, then his estate is divided among his son’s son and the three daughters of his second son in fifths. The male receives the share of two females. The son’s son receives two shares out of five, and the daughters of his son receive three shares out of five, as if they were his children. This is known from the saying of the Exalted and Majestic is He: “Allah commands you concerning your children” (Exalted and Majestic is He), which encompasses children with the children of children .