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12. Walakum nisfu ma taraka azwajukum in lam yakun lahunna waladun fa-in kana
lahunna waladun falakumu a
l
rrubuAAu mimma tarakna min baAAdi wasiyyatin
yooseena biha aw daynin walahunna a
l
rrubuAAu mimma taraktum in lam yakun lakum
waladun fa-in kana lakum waladun falahunna a
l
ththumunu mimma taraktum min baAAdi
wasiyyatin toosoona biha aw daynin wa-in kana rajulun yoorathu kalalatan awi imraatun
walahu akhun aw okhtun falikulli wahidin minhuma a
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ssudusu fa-in kanoo akthara min
thalika fahum shurakao fee a
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ththuluthi min baAAdi wasiyyatin yoosa biha aw daynin
ghayra mudarrin wasiyyatan mina Allahi wa
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llahu AAaleemun haleem
un
12. In what your wives leave, your share is a half, if they leave no child; but if they leave
a child, ye get a fourth; after payment of legacies and debts. In what ye leave, their share
is a fourth, if ye leave no child; but if ye leave a child, t hey get an eighth; after payment
of legacies and 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 legacies and
debts; so that no loss is caused (to any one). Thus is it ordained by God; and God is All-
knowing, Most Forbearing.
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