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How is an estate to be distributed for a deceased man who left behind a wife, two daughters, and sisters?

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If there are no other heirs for the wife, daughters, and sisters, the inheritance is distributed as follows:

The wife receives one-eighth due to the existence of a lineal descendant. The two daughters receive two-thirds due to their plurality.

Whatever remains after that goes to the sisters by ta'sib (residuary inheritance) if they are full sisters or consanguine sisters (from the same father); because they become residuary heirs with the daughters, taking what remains after the Ashab al-Furood (sharers).

However, if the sisters are only uterine sisters (from the same mother only), they do not inherit with the daughters, and the remainder goes to the closest asabah (male agnatic relatives).

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