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How are the inheritance shares distributed for a deceased woman who had no sons or daughters, whose husband died before her, and who has one full sister, two deceased maternal half-sisters, six paternal half-brothers (one of whom is deceased), and three paternal half-sisters (one of whom is deceased)?

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The method of inheritance division cannot be clarified until the heirs are definitively and unambiguously identified. They can be identified through the provided link. If it is assumed that the deceased left behind only a full sister and five brothers and two sisters from the father's side, then the full sister receives one-half as a prescribed share, based on the verse: "They ask you for a ruling. Say, 'Allah gives you a ruling concerning al-kalalah: If a man dies, leaving no child but a sister, she will have half of what he leaves.'" (An-Nisa: 176). The remainder goes to the brothers and sisters from the father's side by way of ta'sib (residuary heirship), with the male receiving the equivalent of the share of two females, as stated in the verse: "And if there are brothers and sisters, males and females, then the male will have the share of two females." (An-Nisa: 176). The inheritance is divided into twenty-four shares: the full sister receives twelve shares, each brother from the father's side receives two shares, and each sister from the father's side receives one share. Whoever died before the deceased does not inherit.

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