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Inheritance calculator
See how an estate is divided under Islamic law, the Hindu Succession Act or the civil law of ten countries — including forced heirship, blended families and estates with no heirs.
How it divides
Total: £280,000
- Husband 1/4£70,00025%
- Mother 1/6£46,666.6716.7%
- Son × 2 7/30£130,666.6746.7% · Each £65,333.33
- Daughter 7/60£32,666.6711.7%
What the rules say
Hanafi fiqh (al-Sirajiyyah): fixed shares, residuaries, blocking, ’awl and radd; the grandfather blocks siblings.
- No madhab specified — defaulted to Hanafi.
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An illustration based on published statutes and standard scholarly rules — not legal or religious advice. Every family has facts a calculator cannot see; ask a lawyer or scholar before you rely on it.
Coverage
Your faith. Your country. Both.
Most tools pick one. Wirātha applies your religion’s rules and your country’s law together — and says plainly what it cannot model.
Islam
Hanafi fixed shares, residuary heirs, blocking and ʿawl. Other schools are flagged, not guessed.
Hinduism
The Hindu Succession Act 1956 — Class I heirs, male and female intestate.
Christian, Jewish & secular
The civil law of your country, with a note where religious guidance differs.
Statutory tables for
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Canada (Ontario)
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Pakistan
- India
- United Arab Emirates
- Malaysia
Every result lists what it could not model and asks for a lawyer’s or scholar’s review. It is a planning tool, not legal or religious advice.
Keep reading
7 min read
Islamic Inheritance (Faraid) Explained, With a Worked Example
How inheritance is divided under Islamic law: the order of settlement, fixed shares for husband, wife, mother, father and children, the one-third wasiyyah limit, and a worked example.
Read the guide6 min read
Forced Heirship Explained: What a Will Cannot Take Away
Forced heirship reserves part of an estate for close family whatever the will says. See how it works in France, Germany and Italy, how common-law countries differ, and a worked example.
Read the guide5 min read
Blended Family Inheritance: Who Gets What Without a Will
In a blended family, a new spouse and children from earlier relationships can have competing claims. See how intestacy rules divide an estate — with US and England & Wales examples.
Read the guide
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