Mirath - The Laws of Islamic Inheritance
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This is one place that both the second and third principles are<br />
actuated. Through the second principle we know that the brothers are<br />
more closer to the deceased than their <strong>of</strong>fspring and thus they will<br />
inherit and their sons will be bereft in their presence.<br />
<strong>The</strong>reafter, through the third principle (<strong>The</strong> stronger ties exclude the<br />
weaker ties), we see that in the presence <strong>of</strong> the (full) brother, the<br />
consanguine brother is bereft. So the order in this would be that <strong>of</strong> the<br />
brother, then the consanguine brother, then the brother’s son, then the<br />
consanguine brother’s son, then the brother’s grandson, etc.<br />
One can also note that in the presence <strong>of</strong> a sister who is a residuary<br />
heir, the consanguine brother will not inherit, as her status will be akin<br />
to that <strong>of</strong> a brother, whose tie is stronger.<br />
Note: One may notice that a (full) brother does not prevent a uterine<br />
brother or sister from inheriting. Scholars, by consensus, have stated<br />
that uterine siblings are mentioned in the Qur’\n as having a share in<br />
the event <strong>of</strong> the deceased being a Kal\lah - one without male<br />
antecedents and no descendants at all. No other relative has been<br />
mentioned who would exclude them from inheritance. This is the<br />
>\hir (apparent meaning) <strong>of</strong> the Qur’\n.<br />
In addition to that, the following A#\d|th also explain the situation:<br />
<strong>The</strong> Messenger r had ordained, “...Indeed the siblings <strong>of</strong> the mother’s<br />
<strong>of</strong>fspring inherit when the consanguine siblings do not. at-Tirmidh|<br />
It has been authentically transmitted that Zayd ibn Th\bit, one <strong>of</strong> the<br />
most prominent %a#\bah in the field <strong>of</strong> inheritance, used to give the<br />
above verdict (Fatw\).<br />
al-*\kim<br />
Thus, this is a unanimous ruling.<br />
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