How Can Property Be Divided Under Muslim Law?

How can property be divided under Muslim law?

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Posted by: Mohd Aakif

Posted on: 2018-09-05

There are six fractions of shares mentioned in the Quran: 2/3, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/3, 1/6. The 2/3 share is for two or more daughters; for two or more son’s daughters; for two or more sisters; for two or more half- sister; The 1/3 share is for two or more of mother’s children; for the mother in the absence of child, or son’s child or two or more brothers or sisters; sometimes for the grandfather when there are brothers and sisters, The 1/2 share is For one of the four sets of females mentioned above when she is alone. for the husband when his wife leaves no issue. The 1/4 share is for the husband when the wife leaves the children; for the wife when the husband leaves no children The 1/8 share is for the wife when her husband leaves children The 1/6 share is for the father when the deceased leaves children; for the grandfather; for the mother when the deceased leaves children or two or more brothers and sisters; for the grandmother when the deceased leaves children or two or more brothers and sisters; for the son’s daughter when the deceased has one daughter; for one or more half – sisters when there is a sister for two or mother’s children; When a father and spouse are alive, after assigning the respective shares due to them, One-Third of the Remainder will be assigned to the mother. The portion assigned to the wife has to be shared equally by two or three of four wives.

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