1. The offspring of daughters, whether they descend from the deceased’s own daughters or from daughters’ daughters.

2. The sons of full sisters and of paternal half-sisters.

3. The daughters of full sisters and of paternal half-sisters.

4. The daughters of full paternal uncles and of paternal half-uncles.

5. The offspring of a uterine sibling, male or female.

6. An uncle related through the mother—whether he is an uncle of the deceased himself, of the deceased’s father, or of the deceased’s grandfather.

7. The paternal aunts of the deceased, the paternal aunts of his father, and the paternal aunts of his grandfather.

8. Maternal uncles and maternal aunts, male and female alike.

9. The mother’s father and every paternal ancestor of hers, no matter how remote.

10. Every grandmother whose genealogical link passes through a father situated between two successive mothers.

11. Anyone who is connected through one of the foregoing relatives—such as the aunt of an aunt, the aunt of a maternal aunt, the maternal aunt of a paternal uncle, or the sibling of such intermediaries (for example, the father of the mother’s father, his paternal uncle, his maternal uncle, and the like). All of these inherit by being placed in the position of the person through whom they trace.

Al-Insāf says: This is the authoritative doctrine, and it is the view adopted by the recognized scholars.