A young man writes in his letter that his father died before his grandfather, and the grandfather has a daughter, a wife, and a son’s son. It is known that the wife receives one-eighth, but what is the share of his daughter?
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The questioner : Welcome, His Eminence Shaykh Muhammad.
The Shaykh : Welcome to you.
The questioner : His Eminence Shaykh Muhammad, the first letter before us in this session came from the questioner Ahmad Faris Ali Muhammad. He writes in his letter: A young man’s father died before his grandfather, and the grandfather has a daughter, a wife, and a son’s son. It is known that the wife receives one-eighth, but what is the share of his daughter and his son’s son?
The Shaykh : The understanding of this issue.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : I answer, after praising Allah, Lord of the worlds. The understanding of this issue is that the father died, and the questioner did not intend to ask about how the father’s estate is distributed, and then the grandfather died.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : He died leaving a wife, a daughter, and a son’s son, and perhaps the son’s son is this son, who is the young man.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So the wife, as the questioner said, receives one-eighth due to the presence of the daughter, and also due to the presence of the son’s son. The daughter receives one-half, and the son’s son receives the remainder.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So the issue is divided into eight parts: the wife receives one-eighth, which is one part; the daughter receives one-half, which is four parts; and the remaining three parts belong to the son’s son.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Shaykh : Welcome to you.
The questioner : His Eminence Shaykh Muhammad, the first letter before us in this session came from the questioner Ahmad Faris Ali Muhammad. He writes in his letter: A young man’s father died before his grandfather, and the grandfather has a daughter, a wife, and a son’s son. It is known that the wife receives one-eighth, but what is the share of his daughter and his son’s son?
The Shaykh : The understanding of this issue.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : I answer, after praising Allah, Lord of the worlds. The understanding of this issue is that the father died, and the questioner did not intend to ask about how the father’s estate is distributed, and then the grandfather died.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : He died leaving a wife, a daughter, and a son’s son, and perhaps the son’s son is this son, who is the young man.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So the wife, as the questioner said, receives one-eighth due to the presence of the daughter, and also due to the presence of the son’s son. The daughter receives one-half, and the son’s son receives the remainder.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So the issue is divided into eight parts: the wife receives one-eighth, which is one part; the daughter receives one-half, which is four parts; and the remaining three parts belong to the son’s son.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.