What are the inheritance shares when multiple heirs possess partial freedom?
Chapter on Distant Kindred (Dhawu al-Arham)
Al-Mughni
Book of Inheritance Shares (Farā'id)
Primary text
For any heir whose status is partially free (e.g., half free or one-third free), their share of the inheritance corresponds to the portion of their freedom (e.g., half the inheritance if half free). If there are two free daughters, one receives one-fourth and the other one-third, and the remaining two-thirds are divided among them in a ratio of three parts, by the opinion of those who combine the effects of freedom in both. This combination results in them having half of the full two-thirds inheritance share.
Supporting text
According to a different calculation method combining freedom: the free daughter receives a quarter and a sixth, and the other daughter receives a sixth, because half of one daughter's freedom blocks half of the one-sixth share for the other, leaving her with a quarter and a sixth, while the full freedom of the first blocks a full sixth, leaving the second with only a sixth.