we are hanafi sunni muslims, my mother in law died last month (inna llilah e wa innallillah e rajeeoon), my question is how we distibute her wealth & property among the following relatives.
A. husband (didnt remarried yet).
B. two (2) married daughters
1st daughter has 1 husband, 1 son, 1 daughter.
2nd daughter has 1 husband ( 2nd daughter married after death of her mother)
C. three(3) married sisters
We have been advised that the original deceased was survived by the following heirs:
Husband, two daughters, and three sisters.
After debts and burial expenses, the estate will be divided into 36 shares and distributed as follows:
Husband: 9 shares
Daughter (1): 12 shares
Daughter (2): 12 shares
Sister (1): 1 shares
Sister (2): 1 shares
Sister (3): 1 shares
And Allah Ta’ala Knows Best
Wassalamu Alaykum
Ml. Yusuf bin Yaqub,
Student Darul Iftaa
Checked and Approved by:
Muhammed Zakariyya Desai,
Assistant Mufti
Darul Iftaa, Madrassah In’aamiyyah