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How is the inheritance divided among 4 sons, 3 daughters, and a wife?

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If the heirs are limited to the wife and children, the deceased's estate is divided as follows: the wife receives one-eighth due to the presence of offspring, based on the Almighty's saying: "But if you have a child, then for them [the wives] is one-eighth of what you leave." The remainder goes to the children by way of ta'sib (residuary heirship), with the male receiving the share of two females, based on the Almighty's saying: "Allah instructs you concerning your children: for the male, what is equal to the share of two females."

The wealth is divided into eighty-eight shares. The wife receives eleven shares, each male receives fourteen shares, and each female receives seven shares.

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