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Faraid — inheritance calculator

Select the surviving heirs and the value of the estate. Shares are computed instantly by the fixed shares (furūḍ), residuary (ʿaṣaba), and the rules of ʿawl and radd.

The estate

Estate value

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Debts & funeral

Bequest (wasiyya)

Debts are settled first; a bequest is honoured up to one-third of what remains.

Spouse

Children

Sons

Take residue, 2:1 with daughters

Daughters

Half a son’s portion each

Son's sons

Agnatic grandchildren

Son's daughters

Through a son

Parents & grandparents

Father

Alive

Mother

Alive

Paternal grandfather

Used only if the father has passed

Grandmothers

Maternal and/or paternal (max 2)

Siblings

Full brothers

Same father and mother

Full sisters

Same father and mother

Paternal half-brothers

Same father only

Paternal half-sisters

Same father only

Maternal half-siblings

Same mother only

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For guidance only

Results follow the standard Sunni (Jumhūr) rules and are for educational guidance. For a binding ruling on a specific estate, consult a qualified scholar.

Sources & method

Derived from Qurʾān 4:11–12 and 4:176, the established furūḍ, and the rules of ʿaṣaba, ʿawl and radd as agreed across the four Sunni schools.

﴿يُوصِيكُمُ اللَّهُ فِي أَوْلَادِكُمْ ۖ لِلذَّكَرِ مِثْلُ حَظِّ الْأُنثَيَيْنِ﴾

Qurʾān · an-Nisāʾ 4:11 Sons · daughters · parents

Allah instructs you concerning your children: the male receives a share equal to that of two females — the basis of the 2:1 residuary split and the children's shares.

Explanations from the scholars

Ibn Kathīr · Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr · an-Nisāʾ 4:11 ↗

Ibn Kathīr explains the wisdom of the male's double share: because the man bears the burden of maintenance (nafaqa), expenses, and the hardship of trade and earning, it is fitting he receive double what the female takes.

al-Saʿdī · Tafsīr al-Saʿdī · an-Nisāʾ 4:11 ↗

al-Saʿdī: among children the male takes the share of two females; a single daughter takes one-half and two or more take two-thirds (by consensus), while each parent takes one-sixth when there is a child, the mother never exceeding a sixth alongside children.

IslamQA · IslamQA · fatwā no. 288330 ↗

IslamQA: the "male = two females" rule applies when male and female heirs inherit together — not as a blanket ratio — and its wisdom lies in the man's duty of maintenance and dowry; in other cases women inherit equal to or more than men.

﴿وَلَكُمْ نِصْفُ مَا تَرَكَ أَزْوَاجُكُمْ إِن لَّمْ يَكُن لَّهُنَّ وَلَدٌ﴾

Qurʾān · an-Nisāʾ 4:12 Husband · wife · maternal half-siblings

For you (husbands) is one-half of what your wives leave if they have no child — and the rules for wives' shares and uterine (maternal) siblings.

Explanations from the scholars

Ibn Kathīr · Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr · an-Nisāʾ 4:12 ↗

Ibn Kathīr: the kalāla is one inherited by collateral relatives — neither ascendants nor descendants (Abū Bakr: "one with no child and no parent"); and ʿUmar ruled the maternal siblings divide their share equally, male like female.

al-Saʿdī · Tafsīr al-Saʿdī · an-Nisāʾ 4:12 ↗

al-Saʿdī: the maternal (uterine) siblings each take one-sixth if a single one, and if more than one they jointly share one-third, their male and female inheriting equally.

IslamWeb · IslamWeb · fatwā no. 108361 ↗

IslamWeb: scholars agree the "brother or sister" in 4:12 are specifically the maternal siblings — a single one gets a sixth, and more than one share a third equally between male and female.

﴿يَسْتَفْتُونَكَ قُلِ اللَّهُ يُفْتِيكُمْ فِي الْكَلَالَةِ﴾

Qurʾān · an-Nisāʾ 4:176 Full & paternal siblings

They seek your ruling. Say: Allah gives you a ruling concerning the kalāla (one with no parent or child) — the basis for the shares of full and paternal siblings.

Explanations from the scholars

al-Saʿdī · Tafsīr al-Saʿdī · an-Nisāʾ 4:176 ↗

al-Saʿdī: the "sister" here is the full or paternal sister (not maternal); one sister takes a half, two or more take two-thirds, and when full/paternal brothers and sisters inherit together the male takes the share of two females — the sisters becoming residuary through their brothers.

Ibn Kathīr · Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr · an-Nisāʾ 4:176 ↗

Ibn Kathīr reports ʿUmar saying he asked the Prophet ﷺ about the kalāla more than anything, until the Prophet pressed his chest and said "the Verse of Summer at the end of Sūrat an-Nisāʾ suffices you"; and al-Barāʾ said this was the last verse revealed.

IslamWeb · IslamWeb · fatwā no. 50513 ↗

IslamWeb distinguishes the two: the siblings in 4:12 are the maternal siblings (who inherit equally), while those in the kalāla verse 4:176 are the full or paternal siblings, under the "male = two females" rule.

«أَلْحِقُوا الْفَرَائِضَ بِأَهْلِهَا، فَمَا بَقِيَ فَهُوَ لِأَوْلَى رَجُلٍ ذَكَرٍ»

Ḥadīth · al-Bukhārī 6732 · Muslim 1615 (muttafaq ʿalayh, Ibn ʿAbbās) Residuary (ʿaṣaba)

Give the fixed shares to those entitled to them; whatever remains goes to the nearest male heir — the rule of ʿaṣaba (the residuary).

Explanations from the scholars

al-Nawawī · Sharḥ Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim · al-Nawawī · Kitāb al-Farāʾiḍ ↗

al-Nawawī: the scholars say "the nearest male" (awlā rajul) means the closest male in kinship — from al-waly (proximity) — not "the most entitled"; whatever the fixed shares leave goes to that closest male.

Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī · Fatḥ al-Bārī · Ibn Ḥajar · Kitāb al-Farāʾiḍ ↗

Ibn Ḥajar: what remains after the fixed shares belongs to the ʿaṣaba (the agnatic residuary heirs), the nearer relative given precedence over the more distant.

IslamWeb · IslamWeb · article no. 222289 ↗

IslamWeb: the fixed Qurʾānic shares are first given to their holders, and whatever then remains passes to the male residuary heirs (ʿaṣaba), precedence going to the one nearest in kinship to the deceased — not the neediest.