What is the distribution among three unrelated paternal aunts and one maternal cousin's son?
Chapter on Distant Kindred (Dhawu al-Arham)
Al-Mughni
Book of Inheritance Shares (Farā'id)
Primary text
The estate is divided among the three paternal aunts on a six-part basis. If a full paternal cousin (daughter) or paternal cousin (son) is present, they inherit the estate before the paternal aunts.
Supporting text
The one-third share is divided among the three maternal aunts on five shares, and the two-thirds share is divided among the three paternal aunts on five shares. The total resolves into fifteen shares: the full paternal aunt receives three shares, the paternal aunt receives two shares, the maternal aunt receives one share, the full paternal aunt receives six shares, the paternal aunt receives two shares, and the maternal aunt receives two shares. This is because maternal aunts are analogous to the mother, and paternal aunts are analogous to the father, as if the deceased left behind a father and mother, granting the mother one-third and the remainder to the father.