What is the ruling on one who dies with wealth, having a wife, a paternal sister, and two nephews, and bequeaths one-third of his annual income for the sacrificial animal, with the remainder for poor relatives? How is it distributed?
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The questioner : A man passed away, leaving behind his wife, his sister, and two of his brother's sons.
The Shaykh : His wife?
The questioner : His wife and his sister.
The Shaykh : Which sister is this?
The questioner : His sister from his father, and his brother's two sons; his brother had passed away, leaving two sons.
He bequeathed one-third of his annual income to be used for the sacrificial animal, and the remainder to be spent on poor relatives.
The Shaykh : What did he bequeath?
The questioner : One-third of his wealth, one-third of the annual income that comes to them from the rents of the shop and the houses, to be spent on the sacrificial animal, and the remainder to be spent on poor relatives.
The Shaykh : Okay, and what is the question?
The questioner : How is the inheritance divided between the sister, the wife, and the sons?
The Shaykh : First, his debts are paid if he has any, then one-third is taken from the remainder for the bequest, and the remainder after the one-third is divided among his heirs: the wife gets one-quarter, and the paternal sister gets one-half; this makes three-quarters, and the rest goes to his brother's sons.
The questioner : Okay, Shaykh, if there is no... to complete the question.
He bequeathed one-third for the sacrificial animal and the remainder for poor relatives; if there are no poor relatives.
The Shaykh : Did he bequeath to his sister?
The questioner : He bequeathed one-third for the sacrificial animal, from which the sacrificial animal is taken.
The Shaykh : Fine.
The questioner : And the remainder for poor relatives; if there are no poor relatives, where is the remainder spent?
The Shaykh : On poor Muslims.
The Shaykh : His wife?
The questioner : His wife and his sister.
The Shaykh : Which sister is this?
The questioner : His sister from his father, and his brother's two sons; his brother had passed away, leaving two sons.
He bequeathed one-third of his annual income to be used for the sacrificial animal, and the remainder to be spent on poor relatives.
The Shaykh : What did he bequeath?
The questioner : One-third of his wealth, one-third of the annual income that comes to them from the rents of the shop and the houses, to be spent on the sacrificial animal, and the remainder to be spent on poor relatives.
The Shaykh : Okay, and what is the question?
The questioner : How is the inheritance divided between the sister, the wife, and the sons?
The Shaykh : First, his debts are paid if he has any, then one-third is taken from the remainder for the bequest, and the remainder after the one-third is divided among his heirs: the wife gets one-quarter, and the paternal sister gets one-half; this makes three-quarters, and the rest goes to his brother's sons.
The questioner : Okay, Shaykh, if there is no... to complete the question.
He bequeathed one-third for the sacrificial animal and the remainder for poor relatives; if there are no poor relatives.
The Shaykh : Did he bequeath to his sister?
The questioner : He bequeathed one-third for the sacrificial animal, from which the sacrificial animal is taken.
The Shaykh : Fine.
The questioner : And the remainder for poor relatives; if there are no poor relatives, where is the remainder spent?
The Shaykh : On poor Muslims.