ʿilm al-farāʾiḍ · the science of the ordained shares

Mīrāth

Work out how an estate divides among surviving heirs under Sunni law — with the fixed shares, the blocking rules, the arithmetic, and the text each portion rests on.

The estate

Burial, then debts, then the bequest — heirs are paid last, from what survives all three.

Currency

Gross estateEverything owned at death

Burial costsWashing, shrouding, burial

DebtsOwed to people and to Allah

BequestCapped at one third; not to an heir

The heirs

Count only those alive at the moment of death. Nearer relatives bar remoter ones automatically.

Load a classical problem

The division

Every share is stated as a fraction of the base, a percentage, and an amount.