the male taking the portion of two females.

If the direct daughters number two or more, they together receive two-thirds of the estate. Once those daughters have taken their full two-thirds, no share remains for the granddaughters through sons—unless a male grandson of the same generation, or of a more remote generation, is present with them. In that case, the one-third that is left is divided among that grandson, the granddaughters who are on his own level, and any granddaughters who are closer to the deceased than he is, the male receiving the portion of two females.

When the heirs consist of one daughter together with a granddaughter—or several granddaughters—through a son, the daughter takes one-half, while the granddaughter or granddaughters, provided they are all of the same generation, receive one-sixth, thereby completing the two-thirds. Any great-granddaughters who are more remote than they are are excluded, unless a grandson through a son of their own level, or of a lower level, is present. In that event, whatever remains goes to that grandson, to those who share his degree, and to any granddaughters through a son who are nearer to the deceased than he is, the male receiving the portion of two females; anyone more remote than that is excluded.

The male heirs who turn their sisters into agnatic heirs alongside them are four: the son, the grandson through a son, the full brother, and the paternal brother. Those males whose sisters do not become agnatic heirs with them and who inherit nothing alongside them are also four: the paternal uncle, the paternal uncle’s son, the brother’s son, and the client by manumission (mawla).