The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No.2366- If a deceased has full-blood brothers or full-blood sisters, his half brothers and sisters (whose mother is the stepmother of the deceased) do not inherit his property. In case the deceased has no full-blood brothers or sisters and has only one paternal half-blood brother or sister (whose father is the same with the deceased), he or she inherits the entire property, and if he has several paternal brothers alone or several paternal sisters alone, they divide the property equally among themselves. However, if he has several paternal brothers together with some paternal sisters, each brother gets double the share of every sister.

Issue No.2367- If the heir of the deceased is one maternal half-blood sister, or one maternal half-blood brother (who is the stepsister or stepbrother of the deceased from the mother's side) he or she inherits the entire estate, and if he has several maternal brothers alone, or several maternal sisters alone, or both of them together, in all cases the estate is divided equally among them.

Issue No.2368- If the deceased has full-blood brothers and sisters (i.e., from the same parents), together with brothers and sisters from only the father’s side, and one brother or one sister from the mother’s side, the paternal brothers and sisters do not inherit. In this case, the property is divided into six parts, from which one part is given to the maternal brother or sister, and the remaining five parts will be given to full-blood brothers and sisters (brothers and sisters from the same parents), and every brother will get double the share of every sister. However, if he has more than one maternal brother or sister, the property is divided into three parts, one part of which will be divided equally between the maternal brother and sister, and the remaining two parts will be given to brothers and sisters from the same parents, in which case every brother will get double the share of every sister.

Issue No.2369- If the only heirs of the deceased are his paternal brothers and sisters, and one maternal brother or one maternal sister, the property will be divided into six parts. One part will be given to the maternal brother or the maternal sister, and the remaining parts will be divided among the paternal brothers and sisters in such a manner that every brother gets double the share of every sister.

Issue No.2370- If the only heirs of the deceased are his paternal brothers and sisters, and two or more maternal brothers and sisters, the property will be divided into three parts. One part will be shared among the maternal brothers and sisters equally, and the remaining two parts will be divided among the paternal brothers and sisters in such a manner that every brother gets double the share of every sister.

Issue No.2371- If the brother, the sister, and the spouse of the deceased are his only heirs, the spouse gets the inheritance in the manner which will be explained later, and the sister and brother get their inheritance as stated in the foregoing rules. However, nothing is reduced from the share of the maternal brother and sister on account of the husband and wife inheriting the property. But in the case of full-blood brothers and sisters, or paternal brothers and sisters, their shares may be reduced. For example, if the heirs of the deceased are her husband, maternal brother and sister, and full-blood brother and sister, half of the property will go to the husband, and one part out of the three parts of the original estate will be given to the maternal brother and sister, and whatever remains will be the property of the full-blood brother and sister. For instance, if the total property of the deceased is £6.00, £3.00 goes to the husband, £2.00 are taken by the maternal brother and sister, and £1.00 will be the share of the full-blood brother and sister.

Issue No.2372- If the deceased does not have any sisters or brothers, their share of the inheritance is given to their children, and the share of the maternal brother’s child and maternal sister’s child will be divided among them equally. And as for the share of the paternal brother’s child and paternal sister’s child, or full-blood brother’s and sister’s child, the commonly held principle is that every son gets twice as much as the daughter. However, if the paternal brother’s children or the full-blood brother’s children are of the same brother, the obligatory precaution is that they should resort to a compromise about the difference of the amount between the boys and girls.

Issue No.2373- If the heir of the deceased is only one grandfather or one grandmother, regardless of whether they are paternal or maternal, the entire property goes to him/her, and the great grandfather of the deceased does not inherit with the existence of the grandfather.

Issue No.2374- If the heir of the deceased is only the paternal grandfather and grandmother, the property is divided into three parts, from which two parts will be taken by the grandfather and one part by the grandmother. In case the maternal grandfather and grandmother are the heirs, the property will be divided between them equally.

Issue No.2374- If the heir of the deceased is only the paternal grandfather and grandmother, the property is divided into three parts, from which two parts will be taken by the grandfather and one part by the grandmother. In case the maternal grandfather and grandmother are the heirs, the property will be divided between them equally.

Issue No.2375- If the heir of the deceased is the paternal grandfather or grandmother along with the maternal grandfather or grandmother, the property is divided into three parts, from which two parts will be taken by the paternal grandfather or grandmother and one part will be the share of the maternal grandfather or grandmother.

Issue No.2376- If the heirs of the deceased are paternal grandparents along with maternal grandparents, the property will be divided into three parts. One part will be divided equally between the maternal grandfather and the maternal grandmother, and the remaining two parts will go to the paternal grandfather and paternal grandmother, from which the paternal grandfather gets double the share of the paternal grandmother.