In that which your wives leave, your share is a half if they have
no child; but if they leave a child, you get a fourth of that which they leave
after payment of legacies that they may have bequeathed or debts. In that which
you leave, their (your wives) share is a fourth if you leave no child; but if
you leave a child, they get an eighth of that which you leave after payment of
legacies that you may have bequeathed or debts. If the man or woman whose
inheritance is in question has left neither ascendants nor descendants, but has
left a brother or a sister, each one of the two gets a sixth; but if more than
two, they share in a third; after payment of lagacies he (or she) may have
bequeathed or debts, so that no loss is caused (to anyone). This is a
Commandment from Allâh; and Allâh is Ever All¬Knowing,
Most¬Forbearing. (12) These are the limits (set by) Allâh (or ordainments as regards
laws of inheritance), and whosoever obeys Allâh and His Messenger (Muhammad
SAW) will be admitted to Gardens under which rivers flow (in