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Inheritance

ميراث

عول

ʿAwl

Definition

Proportional reduction of shares when the total of fixed shares exceeds the estate.

Example

If the shares total 1 + 1/4 of the estate, each heir's share is reduced proportionally so the total equals the estate.

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See also

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Radd

Return — increasing the fixed-shareholders' shares proportionally when the total of fixed shares is less than the estate and there is no ʿaṣabah.

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Farāʾiḍ

The Qur'anically fixed inheritance shares — 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 2/3, 1/3, 1/6.

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