Understand common faraid shares
Explore indicative Sunni faraid shares from your family tree.
Use as a planning estimate
Faraid is precise, but real estates are rarely simple. Prior gifts, ownership, debts, bequests, unborn heirs, local law and differences between schools can change the result. Do not distribute an estate using this estimate alone.
Faraid essentials
What is faraid?
Faraid is the Islamic framework that identifies eligible heirs and their prescribed or residuary shares. The central shares for children, parents, spouses and siblings are rooted in Surah an-Nisa 4:11, 4:12 and 4:176.
Why can a relative receive no share?
A closer heir can exclude a more distant relative. For example, a father excludes a paternal grandfather, a mother excludes grandmothers, and a son excludes son’s-line grandchildren. The result explains these exclusions.
How are grandchildren treated?
Son’s sons and son’s daughters can inherit when no closer son blocks them. Children through daughters can fall under extended-kindred or obligatory-bequest rules, which vary by school and jurisdiction, so they are recorded for professional review.
Why might part of the estate remain?
A remainder may require another residuary heir or a return (radd). Those rules—and paternal-grandfather cases involving siblings—can differ, so an unresolved balance is displayed instead of forcing a potentially incorrect distribution.
Prepare the net estate first
First establish what the deceased actually owned. Funeral expenses, enforceable debts and a valid bequest are handled before inheritance shares; a bequest has its own limits and normally cannot be made to an existing heir without the required consent.
Only enter the remaining net estate. Joint property is not automatically part of the deceased’s estate.
Calculation basis and professional review
The calculator applies common Sunni fixed shares, residuary priority, blocking rules and proportional reduction (ʿawl). It now covers spouses, parents, direct children, son’s-line grandchildren, eligible grandparents, full siblings and maternal siblings.
Have the complete family tree and result checked by a qualified inheritance scholar and a locally authorised legal professional before assets are transferred.