About the Surah

       If your wives die and they have no children, the husband gets half of the inheritance of your wives. If your wives die and they have children (from you or from former husband), the husband will get one fourth. In both cases distribution would be made after payment of the will and debt of the deceased. If the husband dies and has no children, his all wives will get one fourth of the total inheritance. (This one fourth to be distributed among all the wives). If husband dies and has children, then only one eight will be for all the wives. In both cases inheritance is to be distributed after payment of the will and debt of the deceased. (Now the laws of inheritance are described for a deceased who leaves no children and no parents, it is called kalala which means weak relatives). If the deceased (male or female, did not leave father and grandfather and also did not leave children or grand children from his son), and has a brother or a sister among his survivors [with same mother called akhyaafi ()], then brother will get one sixth and the sister will get one sixth. If these brothers and sisters are two or more in number, then one third will go to all of them (i.e. one third to be distributed among all of them and male and female will get equal shares and remaining inheritance goes to other survivors). In both cases distribution of inheritance will be made after payment of the will and debt of the deceased so that no loss is caused to anyone. This is the Command from Allah and Allah is All-Knowing, Most Forbearing.