Islamic inheritance shares from the Quran, worked out in your currency. Choose the family, enter the property, and see each share with the verse behind it.
Miras, also called faraid, is the Islamic law of inheritance. First the funeral costs are paid, then debts (including unpaid mahr), then any wasiyat (bequest) of up to 1/3 to people who are not heirs. What is left is divided among the heirs in fixed shares set by the Quran in Surah An-Nisa 4:11, 4:12 and 4:176. What remains after the fixed shares goes to the closest male relative (Sahih al-Bukhari 6732). A son and daughter share that remainder, the son getting twice the daughter’s share.
| Heir | Share and source |
|---|---|
| Husband | 1/2 if his wife left no child, 1/4 if she did. An-Nisa 4:12 |
| Wife (or wives) | 1/4 if her husband left no child, 1/8 if he did. Up to 4 wives share this one portion. An-Nisa 4:12 |
| Son | Takes what is left after the fixed shares. A son gets the share of two daughters. An-Nisa 4:11 |
| Daughter | One alone: 1/2. Two or more: share 2/3. With a son: half of a son’s share. An-Nisa 4:11 |
| Father | 1/6 with a son or son’s son. With only daughters: 1/6 plus what is left. With no children: what is left. An-Nisa 4:11, Bukhari 6732 |
| Mother | 1/6 if there are children or grandchildren through a son, or two or more brothers or sisters. Otherwise 1/3. With a spouse and the father: 1/3 of what is left after the spouse (Umariyyatan). An-Nisa 4:11, Ijma |
A man leaves a wife, one son and one daughter. After funeral costs and debts, 240,000 is left for the heirs. The wife gets 1/8 = 30,000. The son gets 7/12 = 140,000. The daughter gets 7/24 = 70,000. Total: 240,000.
A woman leaves her husband, mother and father. 120,000 is left for the heirs. The husband gets 1/2 = 60,000. The mother gets 1/3 of what is left after the husband, which is 1/6 = 20,000. The father gets the rest, 1/3 = 40,000.
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Funeral costs first, then debts, including any unpaid mahr. Then the wasiyat (bequest), capped at 1/3 of what is left after debts. Only the rest is shared among the heirs.
Up to 1/3 of what is left after funeral costs and debts, and only to people who are not heirs. The Prophet (s.a.w) allowed Sa‘d ibn Abi Waqqas one third and said even a third is a lot (Sahih al-Bukhari 2742). He also said there is no bequest for an heir (Sunan Abi Dawud 2870).
No. Adopted children are not heirs (Al-Ahzab 33:4-6). They can receive a wasiyat of up to 1/3, or a gift during life.
Yes, if born alive. Part of the estate is held back until the birth. The schools differ on how much to hold back, and the calculator shows the amount for the school you pick.
Muslim relatives who are alive when the person dies. A husband or wife only through a valid marriage. Children and parents by blood, within marriage. Grandchildren count only through a son. Adopted children and step-family do not inherit. A non-Muslim relative does not inherit, but can receive a wasiyat.
Every share is scaled down in the same ratio (awl), following the ruling of Umar. If something is left and no one takes the remainder, it returns to the blood relatives (radd).
Usually not. For the relatives in this calculator they differ in five places: the grandfather with brothers and sisters, the Mushtaraka case, the father’s mother while the father is alive (Hanbali), what happens to a leftover no one takes, and how much to hold back for an unborn baby. The result says when your family is one of these cases.
No. It is an educational tool. It cannot check facts that change the result, such as whether a marriage was valid or a will is valid, and the law of your country may also apply. Before dividing property, confirm with a qualified scholar or mufti.
Shares are worked out as exact fractions, never rounded, and only turned into money at the end. Each school’s rules are checked against a fixed set of test families, and every example family adds up to exactly the whole estate in all four schools. Every share shows the Quran verse, graded hadith or scholarly reference behind it. Nothing you enter leaves your device.
Further reading: Mughniyya, The Five Schools: exclusion and shares · The unborn child · Grandfather with siblings (classical commentary on al-Rahabiyya) · Hanafi fatwa: grandfather and sister · Shafi‘i and Hanbali on the unborn child · Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Inheritance
Calculated by the school you pick (Hanafi, Shafi‘i, Maliki or Hanbali). For these relatives they differ in five places: the grandfather with brothers and sisters, the Mushtaraka case, the father’s mother while the father is alive (Hanbali), what happens to a leftover no one takes, and how much to hold back for an unborn baby. Shia (Ja‘fari) rules differ more and are not covered. Great-grandchildren, great-grandparents and relatives through female lines (such as a daughter’s children) are not covered; in Hanafi law they inherit only when no relative listed here is alive. Local inheritance law may also apply where you live. Read the full verses at quran.com 4:7-12, 4:176 and 33:4-6.
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