The ʿaṣabah (agnatic residuary heirs) are divided into three categories:

1. ʿAṣabah in their own right (bi-nafsihim),
2. ʿAṣabah through another (bil-ghayr), and
3. ʿAṣabah together with another (maʿa al-ghayr).

Section One: ʿAṣabah in their own right
These are the male heirs—excluding the husband and the uterine brother—and they number fourteen:
(1) the son; (2) the son’s son, however remote; (3) the father; (4) the paternal grandfather, however high; (5) the full brother; (6) the consanguine (paternal) brother; (7) the son of the full brother, however remote; (8) the son of the consanguine brother, however remote; (9) the full paternal uncle; (10) the paternal uncle through the father, however high; (11) the son of the full paternal uncle, however remote; (12) the son of the paternal uncle, however remote; (13) the emancipator (male); and (14) the emancipatrix (female).

Section Two: ʿAṣabah through another
This class comprises four sub-types:

1. One daughter or more together with one son or more.

2. One son’s daughter or more together with one son’s son or more of the same generation—whether he is her brother or her cousin—or together with a grandson one degree lower if her entitlement depends on him.

   The evidence for these two sub-types is the Almighty’s statement: “Allah instructs you concerning your children: for the male, a share equal to that of two females” (Qur’an 4:11), a noble verse that encompasses children and grandchildren through the son.

3. One full sister or more together with one full brother or more.

4. One consanguine sister or more together with one consanguine brother or more.

   The proof for these two sub-types is His saying: “If there are brothers and sisters, men and women, then the male shall have a share equal to that of two females” (Qur’an 4:176). This noble verse covers both full siblings and paternal siblings.