Who inherits when the mother of the maternal grandmother (Umm al-Umm) is present instead of the father of the maternal grandmother (Abu Umm) along with the maternal aunt (Khala)?

Chapter on Distant Kindred (Dhawu al-Arham)

Al-Mughni

Book of Inheritance Shares (Farā'id)

Book 32 · Issue 2 · Bab 5

Open in Qurani

Primary text

The mother of the maternal grandmother receives nothing because the maternal aunt holds precedence as a nearer relative in the same category of relation to the deceased.