Mirath - The Laws of Islamic Inheritance

If we were to consider ¬dam as having died first, then the estates
would look like this:
Adam’s brother gets nothing from Adam’s estate,
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¬dam ___________________________________________________________
Most goes into Zaid’s estate for redistribution
Wife A Mother B Brother C Son (Zaid)
1/8
1/6 Bereft Residue
3 4 17
3
Zaid ___________________________________________________________
Mother A
1/3
1
Grandmother B
Bereft
Uncle C
Residue
2
If both were considered alive in each other’s estates then there would
be a loop which the money would keep going through.
There is one remaining way that is employable, that is to assume all the
dead relatives as dead in each other’s estates. The question that is
raised in this approach is this; are the deceaseds all considered as
bereft (but still affect the allotments of others), or are they deprived of
inheritance (and not affect the allotments of others). The verdict
chosen by scholars, generally, is that they are deprived, i.e. totally
ignored in the calculation of the estate.
If this was applied in the same example, the estates would be like this,
when the deceaseds are ignored:
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¬dam ___________________________________________________________
Wife A Mother B
1/4
1/3
3 4
Brother C
Residue
5
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