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Table 1 Faraid Mentioned in the Quran

From: The right of women in property sharing in Bangladesh: Can the islamic inheritance system eliminate discrimination?

Inheritor

Property owned by

Share of property

Daughter (one daughter and no son)

Father

1/2

Daughter (more than one and no son)

Father

2/3

Daughter (with son)

Father

Residuary, one daughter gets 1/2 of one son

Mother (If there is grandson)

Son

1/6

Mother (If there is no grandson)

Son

1/3

Wife (If there is no son)

Husband

1/4

Wife (If there is son)

Husband

1/8

Half-sister from the mother’s side (one only and there is no descendants and parents of the deceased)

Brother

1/6

Sister (more than one and there is no descendants and parents of the deceased)

Brother

All get 1/3 of the property

Uterine sister (one only and there is no descendants and parents of the deceased)

Brother

1/2

Uterine sister (more than one and there is no descendants and parents of the deceased)

Bother

1/3

  1. Sources: Quran, 4: 11, 12,176