The father, together with every paternal ancestor further up the male line—such as the father’s father and the grandfather’s father—for Allah says, “And for his two parents, to each of them a sixth” (Q 4:11). In the Sacred Law the grandfather is treated as a father, and the Prophet ﷺ actually awarded him one-sixth.

The brother in whatever form: full, consanguine (sharing the father only), or uterine (sharing the mother). Allah says, “They ask you for a ruling. Say: Allah gives you a ruling concerning the kalālah: if a man dies childless and has a sister, she shall receive half of what he leaves, and he will inherit from her if she has no child …” (Q 4:176). This verse speaks about siblings other than uterine ones, whereas regarding uterine siblings He says, “If a man or a woman is inherited from who leaves neither parents nor children, and he has a brother or a sister, then each of them shall receive a sixth” (Q 4:12).

The brother’s son who is not uterine; the son of a uterine brother does not inherit, because he belongs to the class of extended uterine kin (dhawu al-arḥām).

The paternal uncle who is not uterine, and

his son—however remote, provided every link in the line is male—for the Prophet ﷺ said, “Give the fixed shares to those who are entitled to them; whatever remains goes to the nearest male agnate.”

The husband, for Allah says, “And for you is half of what your wives leave” (Q 4:12).

Finally, the one who holds the bond of walāʾ: the emancipator himself or anyone who succeeds him in that position, because the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: