Making an Islamic Will

List of Charts: explaining 36 most common divisions of an estate

Two Generation Heirs

(Spouse + Children)

1. Wife + Daughter + Son

wife (1/8); male child gets twice the share of female child

2. Husband + Daughter + Son

husband (1/4); male child gets twice the share of female child

3. Wife + Daughter + Sons

 

wife (1/8); male child gets twice the share of female child

4. Husband + Daughter + Sons

 

husband (1/4); male child gets twice the share of female child

5. Wife + Daughters + Son

wife (1/8); male child gets twice the share of female child

6. Husband + Daughters + Son

husband (1/4); male child gets twice the share of female child

Three Generation Heirs

(1 Parent + Spouse + Children)

7. Parent + Wife + Daughter + Son

father or mother 1/6; wife 1/8; male child gets twice the share of female child

8. Parent + Husband + Daughter + Son

father or mother 1/6; husband 1/4; male child gets twice the share of female child

9. Parent + Wife + Daughter + Sons

father or mother 1/6; wife 1/8; male child gets twice the share of female child

10. Parent + Husband + Daughter + Sons

father or mother 1/6; husband 1/4; male child gets twice the share of female child

11. Parent + Wife + Daughters + Son

father or mother 1/6; wife 1/8; male child gets twice the share of female child

12. Husband + Daughters + Son

father or mother 1/6; husband 1/4; male child gets twice the share of female child

(Parents + Spouse + Children)

13. Father + Mother + Wife + Daughter + Son

father 1/6; mother 1/6; wife 1/8; male child gets twice the share of female child

14. Father + Mother + Husband + Daughter + Son

father 1/6; mother 1/6; husband 1/4; male child gets twice the share of female child

15. Father + Mother + Wife + Daughter + Sons

father 1/6; mother 1/6; wife 1/8; male child gets twice the share of female child

16. Father + Mother + Husband + Daughter + Sons

father 1/6; mother 1/6; husband 1/4; male child gets twice the share of female child

17. Father + Mother + Wife + Daughters + Son

father or mother 1/6; wife 1/8; male child gets twice the share of female child

18. Father + Mother + Daughters + Son

father or mother 1/6; husband 1/4; male child gets twice the share of female child