Inheritance of nephews and nieces
Question
As-salaamu ‘Alaykum wa Rahmatullaahi wa Barakaatuhu
A man is survived by only the following relatives:
1) 5 daughters and 2 sons of a late Akhyaafi sister and:
2) 2 daughters and 3 sons of a late Akhyaafi brother
How will the estate be divided among them? Please answer according to the Hanafi madhab.
jazaakAllah
wassalaam
Answer
Wa’alaykum as Salam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu,
If there are no closer relatives to the deceased (like Ashaab al-Faraaidh, Asabaat, Dhawil arhaam etc), then the estate will be divided equally among all his nephews and nieces from his akhyaafi brother and akhyaafi sister. Hence, the estate will divided into 12 equal shares and each one of them will receive one share. All the nephews and nieces will be equal in getting one portion each.
And Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala knows best.