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women and islamic law 241Case (A): there is more than one heir; they are male and female (threemales and one female):female male1* 10 10 1Total: 1 3Applied limit: ‘if only one, her share is a half’ (3)*Rule: 50 percent for females; 50 percent for males (a third each);absolute equality (in total) between male and female shares; yet, individually:one male share is a third of one female share, while thenumber of females is only one-third of the number of males—or ifput the other way around: one female share is three times the amountof the individual male share, while the number of males is three timeslarger than the number of females. This means that the ratio offemale to male shares (individually) is in exact inverse proportion tothe ratio between female-male numbers (3:1 → 1:3)Case (B): there is more than one heir; they are male and female (threemales and two females)female male1* 11* 10 1Total: 2 3Applied limit: ‘if only one, her share is a half’ (3)*Rule: 50 percent for females (one-third each); 50 percent for males(one-third each); absolute equality (in total) between male and femaleshares; the ratio of female to male individual shares (3:2) is in exactinverse proportion to the ratio between female-male numbers (2:3).Case (C): there is more than one heir; they are male and female (threemales and three females)female male1 11 11 1Total: 3 3