and his patron through emancipation. She too receives the entire estate if she is the sole heir: half through kinship and half through patronage. The same applies to similar cases. Allah alone grants success; He has no partner.

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There is no inheritance until debts and bequests have been discharged. When a person dies, claims relating to specific assets are first discharged from his estate, followed by the necessary expenses of shrouding and burial, then debts in their order of priority. Bequests and dispositions of equivalent standing are then discharged from one-third of the estate, in their order of priority. The remainder is distributed among the heirs. Allah grants success.

Section: The Male Heirs

There are fifteen: the father; the paternal grandfather, however far ascending; the son; the son's son, however far descending through sons; the full brother; the paternal half-brother; the maternal half-brother; the full brother's son; the paternal half-brother's son; the paternal uncle who is the father's full brother; the paternal uncle who is the father's paternal half-brother; the son of the former; the son of the latter; the husband; and the patron through emancipation.

Section: The Female Heirs

There are ten: the mother; the paternal grandmother; the maternal grandmother; the daughter; the son's daughter; the full sister; the paternal half-sister; the maternal half-sister; the wife; and the woman who emancipated the deceased.

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As for other blood relatives, none inherit anything except those entitled to a prescribed share by virtue of their kinship. Those who do not inherit are: grandfathers on the mother's side; paternal uncles who are the father's maternal half-brothers, and their sons; the sons of maternal half-brothers; maternal uncles and aunts, and their children; daughters' children; and sisters' children. Nor do the following female relatives of the agnatic line inherit anything by virtue of their lineage: paternal aunts, brothers' daughters, and paternal uncles' daughters. Thus, these relatives and their children