Shariawiz | Islamic Inheritance Calculator

What maḏhab (School of Law) do you follow?

What is your gender?

Male Female

If you are married, is your spouse alive?

Yes No

Reminder: Non-Muslim relatives are not Islamic heirs. If your father is alive, but is not Muslim, answer "No" to this question.

Is your father alive?

Yes No

Is your grandfather (your father's father) alive?

Yes No

Is your great-grandfather (your father's father's father) alive?

Yes No

What is your great-grandfather’s name?

Great-Grandfather Name:

What is your grandfather’s name?

Grandfather Name:

What is your father’s name?

Father Name:

Reminder: Non-Muslim relatives are not Islamic heirs. If your mother is alive, but is not Muslim, answer "No" to this question.

Is your mother alive?

Yes No

Is your paternal grandmother (your father's mother) alive?

Yes No

Is your paternal great-grandmother (your father’s father’s mother) alive?

Yes No

What is your paternal great-grandmother's name?

Paternal Great-Grandmother Name:

Is your paternal great-grandmother (your father’s mother’s mother) alive?

Yes No

What is your paternal great-grandmother's name?

Paternal Great-Grandmother Name

Is your maternal great-grandmother (your mother’s mother’s mother) alive?

Yes No

What is your maternal great-grandmother's name?

Maternal Great-Grandmother Name:

What is your paternal grandmother’s name?

Paternal Grandmother Name

Is your maternal grandmother (your mother's mother) alive?

Yes No

What is your maternal grandmother’s name?

Maternal Grandmother Name:

What is your mother’s name?

Mother Name:

Do you have children?

Yes No

How many sons do you have?

How many daughters do you have?

Even if you answered that you do not have any children, it is important to confirm you do not have any grandchildren from a predeceased son. A child from a predeceased son - your grandchild - would have substantial impact on the Islamic inheritance results; for example, a grandson from a predeceased son would block siblings and others from inheritance.

Do you have any grandchildren from a predeceased son?

Yes No

How many grandsons do you have?

What is your grandson's name?

Grandson Name:

How many granddaughters do you have?

What is your granddaughter's name?

Granddaughter Name:

It is also important to confirm you do not have any great-grandchildren from a predeceased son and grandson. Like grandchildren, these great-grandchildren would have substantial impact on the Islamic inheritance results; for example, a great-grandson from a predeceased son and grandson would block siblings and others from inheritance.

Do you have any great-grandchildren from a predeceased son and grandson (your son's son's son or your son's son's daughter)?

Yes No

How many great-grandsons do you have?

What is your great-grandson's name?

Great-Grandson Name:

How many great-granddaughters do you have?

What is your great-granddaughter's name?

Great-Granddaughter Name:

Reminder: Non-Muslim relatives are not Islamic heirs. If you have any surviving siblings, but they are not Muslim, answer "No" to this question.

Do you have any full siblings?

Yes No

How many full brothers do you have?

What is your brother's name?

Brother Name:

How many full sisters do you have?

What is your sister's name?

Sister Name:

Reminder: Non-Muslim relatives are not Islamic heirs. If you have any surviving paternal siblings, but they are not Muslim, answer "No" to this question.

Do you have any paternal siblings?

Yes No

How many paternal brothers do you have?

What is your paternal brother's name?

Paternal Brother Name:

How many paternal sisters do you have?

What is your paternal sister's name?

Paternal Sister Name:

Reminder: Non-Muslim relatives are not Islamic heirs. If you have any surviving maternal siblings, but they are not Muslim, answer "No" to this question.

Do you have any maternal siblings?

Yes No

How many maternal brothers do you have?

What is your maternal brother's name?

Maternal Brother Name:

How many maternal sisters do you have?

What is your maternal sister's name?

Maternal Sister Name:

Do you have any full nephews?

Yes No

How many full nephews do you have?

What is your full nephew's name?

Full Nephew Name :

Do any of your full nephews have any sons?

Yes No

How many full nephew's sons do you have?

What is your full nephew's son's name?

Full Nephew's Son Name:

Do you have any paternal nephews?

Yes No

How many paternal nephews do you have?

What is your paternal nephew’s name?

Paternal Nephew's Name:

Do any of your paternal nephews have any sons?

Yes No

Do you have any paternal full uncles?

Yes No

How many paternal full uncles do you have?

What is your paternal full uncle's name?

Paternal Full Uncle Name:

How many paternal nephew's sons do you have?

What is your paternal nephew's son’s name?

Paternal Nephew's Son Name:

Do you have any paternal half uncles?

Yes No

Do any of your paternal full uncles have any sons (your full cousins)?

Yes No

How many full cousins do you have?

What is your full cousin’s name?

Full Cousins Name:

How many paternal half uncles do you have?

What is your paternal half uncle’s name?

Paternal Half Uncle Name:

Do any of your paternal half uncles have any sons (your paternal cousins)?

Yes No

How many paternal cousins do you have?

What is your paternal cousin’s name?

Paternal Cousin Name:

Do any of your male full cousins have sons?

Yes No

How many full cousins' sons do you have?

What is your full cousin's son's name?

Full Cousin's Son Name?

Do any of your male paternal cousins have sons?

Yes No

Do any of your male full cousins' sons have sons?

Yes No

How many full cousins' grandsons do you have?

What is your full cousin's grandson's name?

Full Cousin's Grandson Name:

Do any of your male paternal cousins' sons have sons?

Yes No

How many paternal cousins' grandsons do you have?

What is your paternal cousin's grandson's name?

Paternal Cousin's Grandson Name:

Your answers indicate that you do not have any other surviving paternal Islamic heirs. The next and final eligible Islamic heir category is dhawūʾl l-arḥām. With no surviving Qur’anic heirs or taʿsīb heirs (residuary heirs), the Ḥanbalī, Ḥanafī, and Shāfi’ī maḏāhib (schools) will distribute the estate to dhawūʾl l-arḥām. The Mālikī madhab (school), on the other hand, will distribute the estate to the public treasury. Modern Mālikī scholars, however, have concluded that in the absence of a true Islamic government, such as in the United States, the estate will be distributed to dhawūʾl l-arḥām.

There is no exact English translation for dhawūʾl l-arḥām. The most common translations are “distant kindred,” “uterine heirs” or “outer family.” Al-rḥām (plural: Al-ʾarḥām) means “to have mercy, compassion or sympathy.” In the Qur’an, it means “a familial relationship.” (Qur’an 4:1. Fear God in Whose name you make requests one of another, and sever not the ties of kinship [Al-ʾarḥām]. God watches well over you.). Juristically, dhawūʾl l-arḥām refers to relatives that are not Qur’anic heirs or taʿsīb heirs (residuary heirs). While spouses are Qur’anic heirs, they are not eligible to receive radd if there are other surviving Islamic heirs.

Muslim scholars divided a dhawūʾl l-arḥām–specific relative into one of three categories:

1. Descendants of daughters:
Children of your daughters and their children;
and Children of your son’s daughters and their children.

2. Descendants of your father: Children of sisters (both full or paternal) and their children Daughters of brothers (both full or paternal) and their children
Children of maternal brothers and their children
Daughters of male nephews (full and paternal) and their children
Maternal uncles – the decedent’s father’s brother from his mother, decedent father’s uncle, decedent’s grandfather’s uncle from his mother, and their children;
Aunt (full, paternal, or maternal), including decedent’s father’s aunts or grandfather’s aunts and their children;
Daughters of uncles (full, paternal, or maternal) and their children;
Daughters of the sons of uncles (full, paternal, or maternal) and their children;
Father’s mother’s father;
Mother’s father’s father’s father;
Father’s mother’s mother’s father’s father;
Farther’s mother’s father’s father’s father;
Father’s mother’s mother’s father;
Father’s mother’s father’s father’s mother’s father;
Farther’s mother’s father’s father;
Mother’s mother’s father’s father’s father;
Mother father’s father’s father’s father;
Aunt’s aunt (sharing father or sharing mother);
Father’s uncle (sharing mother); and
Grandfather’s uncle (sharing mother).

Descendants of your mother: Mother’s siblings and their children (full, paternal, or maternal);
Mother’s mother’s siblings and their children (full, paternal, or maternal);
Father’s mother’s siblings and their children;
Father’s aunts and uncles and their children;
Mother’s aunts and uncles and their children;
Mother’s father’s father’s father;
Mother’s father’s fathers’ mother;
Father father’s mother’s mother;
Father’s father’s mother’s mother’s mother;
Mother’s Father’s mother;
Mother’s father’s mother’s mother; and
Mother’s father’s father’s mother.