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An-Nisa 4:12 ۞ ولكم نصف ما ترك ازواجكم ان لم يكن لهن ولد فان كان لهن ولد فلكم الربع مما تركن من بعد وصية يوصين بها او دين ولهن الربع مما تركتم ان لم يكن لكم ولد فان كان لكم ولد فلهن الثمن مما تركتم من بعد وصية توصون بها او دين وان كان رجل يورث كلالة او امراة وله اخ او اخت فلكل واحد منهما السدس فان كانوا اكثر من ذالك فهم شركاء في الثلث من بعد وصية يوصى بها او دين غير مضار وصية من الله والله عليم حليم ١٢

4:12
۞ وَلَكُمۡ
نِصۡفُ
مَا
تَرَكَ
أَزۡوَٰجُكُمۡ
إِن
لَّمۡ
يَكُن
لَّهُنَّ
وَلَدٞۚ
فَإِن
كَانَ
لَهُنَّ
وَلَدٞ
فَلَكُمُ
ٱلرُّبُعُ
مِمَّا
تَرَكۡنَۚ
مِنۢ
بَعۡدِ
وَصِيَّةٖ
يُوصِينَ
بِهَآ
أَوۡ
دَيۡنٖۚ
وَلَهُنَّ
ٱلرُّبُعُ
مِمَّا
تَرَكۡتُمۡ
إِن
لَّمۡ
يَكُن
لَّكُمۡ
وَلَدٞۚ
فَإِن
كَانَ
لَكُمۡ
وَلَدٞ
فَلَهُنَّ
ٱلثُّمُنُ
مِمَّا
تَرَكۡتُمۚ
مِّنۢ
بَعۡدِ
وَصِيَّةٖ
تُوصُونَ
بِهَآ
أَوۡ
دَيۡنٖۗ
وَإِن
كَانَ
رَجُلٞ
يُورَثُ
كَلَٰلَةً
أَوِ
ٱمۡرَأَةٞ
وَلَهُۥٓ
أَخٌ
أَوۡ
أُخۡتٞ
فَلِكُلِّ
وَٰحِدٖ
مِّنۡهُمَا
ٱلسُّدُسُۚ
فَإِن
كَانُوٓاْ
أَكۡثَرَ
مِن
ذَٰلِكَ
فَهُمۡ
شُرَكَآءُ
فِي
ٱلثُّلُثِۚ
مِنۢ
بَعۡدِ
وَصِيَّةٖ
يُوصَىٰ
بِهَآ
أَوۡ
دَيۡنٍ
غَيۡرَ
مُضَآرّٖۚ
وَصِيَّةٗ
مِّنَ
ٱللَّهِۗ
وَٱللَّهُ
عَلِيمٌ
حَلِيمٞ
١٢
You will inherit half of what your wives leave if they are childless. But if they have children, then ˹your share is˺ one-fourth of the estate—after the fulfilment of bequests and debts. And your wives will inherit one-fourth of what you leave if you are childless. But if you have children, then your wives will receive one-eighth of your estate—after the fulfilment of bequests and debts. And if a man or a woman leaves neither parents nor children but only a brother or a sister ˹from their mother’s side˺, they will each inherit one-sixth, but if they are more than one, they ˹all˺ will share one-third of the estate1—after the fulfilment of bequests and debts without harm ˹to the heirs˺.2 ˹This is˺ a commandment from Allah. And Allah is All-Knowing, Most Forbearing.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

Share of the Spouses in the Inheritance

Allah says to the husband, you get half of what your wife leaves behind if she dies and did not have a child. If she had a child, you get one-fourth of what she leaves behind, after payment of legacies that she may have bequeathed, or her debts. We mentioned be

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Share of the Spouses in the Inheritance

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Chapter 4, Page 79, Juz 4

12. You will inherit half of what your wives leave if they are childless. But if they have children, then ˹your share is˺ one-fourth of the estate—after the fulfilment of bequests and debts. And your wives will inherit one-fourth of what you leave if you are childless. But if you have children, then your wives will receive one-eighth of your estate—after the fulfilment of bequests and debts. And if a man or a woman leaves neither parents nor children but only a brother or a sister ˹from their mother’s side˺, they will each inherit one-sixth, but if they are more than one, they ˹all˺ will share one-third of the estate—after the fulfilment of bequests and debts without harm ˹to the heirs˺. ˹This is˺ a commandment from Allah. And Allah is All-Knowing, Most Forbearing.

- Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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