[4:12]
And unto you belongeth a half of that which your
wives leave, if they have no child; but if they have a child then unto you the fourth
of that which they leave, afte r any legacy they may have bequeathed, or debt
(they ma y have contracted, hath been paid). And unto them belon geth the
fourth of that which ye leave if ye have no ch ild, but if ye have a child then
the eighth of that whi ch ye leave, after any legacy ye may have bequeathed, o
r debt (ye may have contracted, hath been paid). And if a man or a woman have a
distant heir (having left neit her parent nor child), and he (or she) have a
brother o r a sister (only on the mother’s side) then to each of them twain
(the brother and the sister) the sixth, and if they be more than two, then they
shall be sharers in the third, after any legacy that may have been bequeat hed
or debt (contracted) not injuring (the heirs by wil ling away more than a third
of the heritage) hath been
[4:13]
These are the limits (imposed by) Allah. Whoso
obeyeth Allah and His messenger, He will make him enter Gardens underneath
which rivers flow, where such will dwell for ever. That will be the great success.
[4:14]
And whoso disobeyeth Allah and His messenger and
transgresseth His limits, He will make him enter Fire, where he will dwell for
ever; his will be a shameful doom.