Distribution of estate when a father, two brothers, and a mother are present?

Chapter on Distant Kindred (Dhawu al-Arham)

Al-Mughni

Book of Inheritance Shares (Farā'id)

Book 32 · Issue 2 · Bab 5

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If a father, two brothers, and a mother are present, the mother receives one-sixth of the estate. The remainder goes to the father. The two brothers exclude the mother from receiving more than the fixed one-sixth share, but the brothers themselves inherit nothing.