How is inheritance distributed when one claimant is a man and the other is his paternal aunt (*ammah*), and the claimed descendant is a female slave who dies leaving their parents?

Chapter on Sharing in Purity

Al-Mughni

Book of Inheritance Shares (Farā'id)

Book 32 · Issue 10 · Bab 6

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Primary text

If the claimants are a man and his paternal aunt, and the claimed descendant is a female slave who dies leaving their parents, she receives half of each person's estate. If the younger claimant's father dies next, she receives half of his estate, and the remainder goes to the aunt's father because he is her father. If the aunt's father dies later, she receives half of his estate as well.

Supporting text

On the other opinion, she receives two-thirds because she is the daughter of a son and the daughter of a son's son.