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Surah An-Nisa
Verse 12

۞ وَلَكُمْ And for you نِصْفُ (is) half مَا (of) what تَرَكَ (is) left أَزْوَٰجُكُمْ by your wives إِن if لَّمْ not يَكُن is لَّهُنَّ for them وَلَدٌۭ ۚ a child فَإِن But if كَانَ is لَهُنَّ for them وَلَدٌۭ a child فَلَكُمُ then for you ٱلرُّبُعُ (is) the fourth مِمَّا of what تَرَكْنَ ۚ they left مِنۢ from بَعْدِ after وَصِيَّةٍۢ any will يُوصِينَ they have made بِهَآ [for which] أَوْ or دَيْنٍۢ ۚ any debt وَلَهُنَّ And for them ٱلرُّبُعُ (is) the fourth مِمَّا of what تَرَكْتُمْ you left إِن if لَّمْ not يَكُن is لَّكُمْ for you وَلَدٌۭ ۚ a child فَإِن But if كَانَ is لَكُمْ for you وَلَدٌۭ a child فَلَهُنَّ then for them ٱلثُّمُنُ (is) the eighth مِمَّا of what تَرَكْتُم ۚ you left مِّنۢ from بَعْدِ after وَصِيَّةٍۢ any will تُوصُونَ you have made بِهَآ [for which] أَوْ or دَيْنٍۢ ۗ any debt وَإِن And if كَانَ [is] رَجُلٌۭ a man يُورَثُ (whose wealth) is to be inherited كَلَـٰلَةً (has) no parent or child أَوِ or ٱمْرَأَةٌۭ a women وَلَهُۥٓ and for him أَخٌ (is) a brother أَوْ or أُخْتٌۭ a sister فَلِكُلِّ then for each وَٰحِدٍۢ one مِّنْهُمَا of (the) two ٱلسُّدُسُ ۚ (is) the sixth فَإِن But if كَانُوٓا۟ they are أَكْثَرَ more مِن than ذَٰلِكَ that فَهُمْ then they شُرَكَآءُ (are) partners فِى in ٱلثُّلُثِ ۚ the third مِنۢ from بَعْدِ after وَصِيَّةٍۢ any will يُوصَىٰ was made بِهَآ [for which] أَوْ or دَيْنٍ any debt غَيْرَ without مُضَآرٍّۢ ۚ (being) harmful وَصِيَّةًۭ An ordinance مِّنَ from ٱللَّهِ ۗ Allah وَٱللَّهُ And Allah عَلِيمٌ (is) All-Knowing حَلِيمٌۭ All-Forbearing ١٢

And for you is half of what your wives leave if they have no child. But if they have a child, for you is one fourth of what they leave, after any bequest they [may have] made or debt. And for them [i.e., the wives] is one fourth if you leave no child. But if you leave a child, then for them is an eighth of what you leave, after any bequest you [may have] made or debt. And if a man or woman leaves neither ascendants nor descendants but has a brother or a sister, then for each one of them is a sixth. But if they are more than two, they share a third, after any bequest which was made or debt, as long as there is no detriment [caused]. [This is] an ordinance from Allāh, and Allāh is Knowing and Forbearing.

— Come To Light

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