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Who are the Ashab al-Furuḍ (Qur'anic heirs) and what is the husband's share if his wife dies and leaves him with four sons and four daughters, and she has no mother or father?

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The husband inherits a quarter of his deceased wife's estate if she has a lineal descendant, based on the Almighty's saying: "But if they have a child, then for you is a fourth of what they leave, after any bequest they [may have] made or debt." There are specific fixed shares in inheritance: half for five categories, a quarter for two categories, an eighth for one category, two-thirds for four categories, a third for two categories, and a sixth for seven categories. Each heir inherits their fixed share under specific conditions by which their portion may change or their inheritance may be forfeited.

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