leaves a son or a grandson, but he sometimes takes a simple residuary and sometimes both as a sharer and a residuary, the former being the case when he co-exists with a simple sharer such as a husband, a mother or a grandmother, and the latter being the case when he co-exists with a daughter or a son’s daughter. The grandfather takes the same share as the father when the father is not living. The uterine brother, if one, takes one-sixth; if there are more than one, they are sharers in one-third. The husband takes one-half when the deceased leaves no children, otherwise one-fourth.
Among the female sharers, the widow takes one-fourth if the deceased leaves no children, otherwise one-eighth. The daughter, when only one, takes one-half; if there are two or more daughters, they are equal sharers in two-thirds. The son’s daughter takes one-half, if she is the only one and there is no lineal male descendant; if there are two or more in a similar position, they take two-thirds; co-existing with one daughter only, she takes one-sixth. The mother takes one-sixth, if there are children, or two or more brothers or sisters; otherwise one-third. The grandmother takes the mother’s share when there is no mother. The full sister or the consanguine sister takes one-half, if she is only one; two or more than two take two-thirds. The uterine sister’s share is the same as the uterine brother’s.
The second group of inheritors goes under the name of ahl al-mīrāth or the heirs who take a residuary interest. The most important of these are the ‘aṣābah, or relations on the male side, as the lineal male descendants, the lineal male ascendants, the direct collaterals such as full or consanguine brothers or their sons, or indirect collaterals such as full or consanguine uncles or their sons, or full or consanguine uncles of the father and their sons and so on; and the dhawi-l-arḥām or relations connected through females, such as (a) the sons and daughters of daughters, (b) the father of the paternal grandmother or mother of the paternal grandfather, (c) the children of sisters, daughters of full and consanguine brothers, sons of uterine brothers and (d) paternal aunts and their children, maternal uncles and their children, maternal aunts and their children and uterine paternal uncles and aunts and their children.