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Fatwa CenterInheritance of a mother and a daughter
Question
Assalaamu ‘Alaykum; Please calculate the inheritance according to the following information ۞-Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit : (A mother) (A daughter) Number 1
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad 
is His slave and Messenger.
If the deceased left only a mother and a daughter and he did not leave any other heir, then the mother gets one-sixth of the inheritance as her legal share due to the existence of the child (daughter) of the deceased; Allaah Says (what means): {And for one’s parents, to each one of them is a sixth of his estate if he left children.}[Quran 4:11] The daughter gets half of the inheritance as Allaah Says about the existence of only one daughter (what means): {And if there is only one, for her is a half.}[Quran 4:11]
The remainder after the division of the inheritance will also be given to them (the mother and the daughter because the deceased did not leave any heirs other than them). In this case, the inheritance should be divided into 4 shares, the mother gets one share (including her legal share [the sixth] in addition to what she deserves from the remainder of the inheritance after its division) and the daughter gets three shares (including her legal share [the half] in addition to what she deserves from the remainder of the inheritance after its division).
Allaah Knows best.
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