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Islamic shares by family shape
Who inherits what, family by family, with the verse behind each share.
Six common family shapes, each worked out by our software: the fraction, the pounds on a £240,000 example, and the Quran verse each share comes from. Pick the one closest to yours, or set your own.
- The wife, a son and a daughterWife 1/8 · Son 7/12 · Daughter 7/24
- The husband, a son and a daughterHusband 1/4 · Son 1/2 · Daughter 1/4
- The wife and two sonsWife 1/8 · Elder son 7/16 · Younger son 7/16
- The mother, the father and a sonMother 1/6 · Father 1/6 · Son 2/3
- The wife, the mother, the father, a son and a daughterWife 1/8 · Mother 1/6 · Father 1/6 · Son 13/36 · Daughter 13/72
- The husband, the mother and a sonHusband 1/4 · Mother 1/6 · Son 7/12
All six give the same shares under the four Sunni madhabs. Debts, funeral costs and any bequest of up to one third come out first. Attestation pending: scholars are reviewing our rules.