Answer
(Fatwa: 998/847=D/1430)
The maternal grandfather (nana) died in 1988 and he was survived by a childless widow, a childless son, another son who had children and died in 2000, and a daughter. If only the abovementioned people were his heirs by Shariah with no one else, his entire wealth and property whether earned by him or inherited through his father including the three residential houses and other plots, will be distributed in 40 shares. Out of the total shares, the widow of the nana will get 5 shares, the childless son will get 14 shares, the other son will get 14 shares while the daughter will receive 7 shares.
If the childless son is alive, he will receive his shares and will exercise ownership of the same. If he is dead, you will have to provide the detail of his heirs alive at the time of his death, so that their shares are distributed. The shares of the other son, who lived in
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