Mirath - The Laws of Islamic Inheritance

The numbers of heirs all
have 12 as a multiple so 12
will be the multiplier
12 144
12
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4 Wives 3 Grandmothers 12 Paternal Uncles
1/4
1/6 Residue
3 2
7
Allotment
of the group
Allotment of
an individual
36 24 84
9 x4 8 x3 7 x12
Reminder of number
of individuals
Note: The larger number may be the multiple of only one number and
share a common divisor with others, in which case the following rule
i.e. (3) will then be applied between the larger number and the other
numbers besides the number which the larger number was a multiple
of. e.g. 3, 6, and 9. 9 is a multiple of 3 but not of 6. 3 can then be
ignored and between 9 and 6 the following rule will apply.
(3) This is a situation when there are more than one type of heirs whose
allotments are indivisible in full numbers, and the numbers of heirs (or
their Wifqs) are not multiples of each other, but of another number. In
this case the Wifq of one (when compared to another heir) will be
multiplied into the full of another. e.g. from 6 and 9 the Wifq of one (of
9, 3 is the Wifq) will be multiplied into the full of 6. (If done the other
way round, then too the same answer will be reached.)
If there are more than two numbers which share Wifqs (“A” may have a
Wifq that fits with “B” and “C”, while “B” and “C” have no Wifq
between them, e.g. 6, 9, and 4) then the Wifq of one of two related
numbers will be multiplied by the whole of the latter, and the result will
66
None of the allotments
can be divided into the
heirs and there are no
relationships between
those numbers