The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 186
CH. 4 AN-NISA' PT. 4 وَلَكُمْ نِصْفُ مَا تَرَكَ أَزْوَاجُكُمْ اِنْ And you shall have half of. 13 that which your wives leave, if لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُنَّ وَلَدٌ ۚ فَإِن كَانَ لَهُنَّ وَلَدٌ they have no child; but if they have a child, then you shall فَلَكُمُ الرُّبُعُ مِمَّا تَرَكْنَ مِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ have a fourth of that which they ط يُوْصِينَ بِهَا أَوْ دَيْنِ وَلَهُنَّ الرُّبُعُ ما leave, after the payment of any bequests they may have تَرَكْتُمْ اِنْ لَّمْ يَكُن لَّكُمْ وَلَدٌ فَإِنْ كَانَ bequeathed or of debt. And they لَكُمْ وَلَدٌ فَلَهُنَّ القُمنُ مِمَّا تَرَكْتُمْ مِنْ ;you leave, if you have no child shall have a fourth of that which but if you have a child, then بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ تُوْصُونَ بِهَا أَوْدَيْنِ وَإِنْ they shall have an eighth of that كَانَ رَجُلٌ يُورَثُ كَللَةً أَوِ امْرَأَةٌ وَلَهُ which you leave, after the اَخُ أَوْ أُخْتٌ فَلِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِّنْهُمَا may have bequeathed or of E payment of any bequests you debt. "And if there be a man or be divided and he or she has السُّدُسُ فَإِنْ كَانُوا اَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذلِكَ a woman whose heritage is to شُرَكَاء فِي الثُّلُثِ مِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّة neither parent nor child, and he لا or she has a brother or a sister, يُوصى بِهَا أَوْ دَيْنٍ غَيْرَ مُضَارٍ then each one of them shall وَصِيَّةً مِّنَ اللهِ وَاللهُ عَلِيمٌ حَلِيمٌ have a sixth. But if they be more than that, then they shall be equal a4:177. property to his two daughters and one-eighth to their mother and keep the rest for himself (Tirmidhi & Dāwūd). The verse speaks of three cases as regards the share of the parents: (1) If a person dies leaving one or more children, then each of his parents shall have one-sixth; (2) If a person dies issueless and his parents are the sole heirs (there being no wife or husband of the deceased person), then | | 626 the mother will have one-third of the property and the remaining two-thirds will go to the father; (3) There is a third case, which is really an exception to the second case. A man dies without issue and his parents are his sole heirs, but he has brothers or sisters. Then, although his brother or sisters will not inherit from him, yet their presence will affect the share of the parents, for, in this case, the mother will have one-sixth (instead of