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Mirath - The Laws of Islamic Inheritance

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If Ta]#|# has to be performed, then one will perform that at this stage.<br />

One will ignore everything apart from the new sum and the final<br />

allotments.<br />

One will times the multiplier by<br />

the new sum to get the Tashih,<br />

16 48<br />

3<br />

¬dam ___________________________________________________________<br />

ignoring the old splits<br />

3 Wives<br />

1/4<br />

Sister<br />

1/2<br />

Uterine Brother<br />

1/6<br />

4 9<br />

3<br />

12 27 9<br />

4 4 4 27<br />

9<br />

One will also ignore<br />

the old allotments<br />

and only consider the<br />

allotments from the<br />

new sum to make the<br />

allotments from the<br />

Tashih<br />

Note: As from their definitions, one will notice that `Awl and Radd are<br />

opposites and thus cannot come together in one scenario.<br />

MAKING THE ALLOTMENTS MATCH THE ESTATE<br />

As one will have noticed, in none <strong>of</strong> the examples given has an estate<br />

actually been divided. What has been done is that each individual has<br />

got an allotment (or share) from a total sum (original or reached<br />

through `Awl, Radd or Ta]#|#). This total, more <strong>of</strong>ten than not, bears<br />

no resemblance to the actual estate or its value. e.g. A sum may be <strong>of</strong><br />

5040 shares (allotments), whereas the actual estate may be £100,000<br />

or £1,000. Thus if one wishes to know what the actual inheritance is<br />

for each heir then one will have to convert this allotment into an actual<br />

portion <strong>of</strong> the estate. This is done by applying the following formula.<br />

Individual<br />

<strong>Inheritance</strong><br />

Individual<br />

Allotment<br />

Estate Total<br />

Total Allotments<br />

Which in simple terms is, the total value <strong>of</strong> the estate will be divided by<br />

the total number <strong>of</strong> allotments (i.e. the sum). <strong>The</strong> resulting number will<br />

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