If a man dies and leaves behind a wife and a brother - whether the brother is from the father alone, from both the father and mother, or from the mother alone - the wife receives one-fourth of the inheritance, and the remainder goes to the brother. Similarly, if he leaves behind a wife and a sister - whether the sister is from the father alone, from both the father and mother, or from the mother alone - the wife receives one-fourth, and the remainder goes to the sister. If he leaves behind a wife, a maternal brother, a full brother (from both the father and mother), and a paternal brother, the wife receives one-fourth, the maternal brother receives one-sixth, and the remainder goes to the full brother, while the paternal brother receives nothing. If he leaves behind a wife, a maternal brother and sister, full brothers and sisters, and paternal brothers and sisters, the wife receives one-fourth, the maternal siblings collectively receive one-third - distributed equally between males and females - and the remainder goes to the full siblings, with the male receiving twice the share of the female. The paternal siblings receive nothing. If a woman dies and leaves behind her husband and a brother - whether from the father, the mother, or both - the husband receives half of the inheritance, and the remainder goes to the brother. Similarly, if she leaves behind her husband and a sister - whether from the father, the mother, or both - the husband receives half, and the remainder goes to the sister. If she leaves behind her husband, maternal brothers and sisters, full brothers and sisters, and paternal brothers and sisters, the husband receives half, the maternal siblings collectively receive one-third - shared equally - and the remainder goes to the full siblings, with the male receiving twice the share of the female. The paternal siblings receive nothing. If she leaves behind her husband, a maternal brother, a full brother, and a paternal brother, the husband receives half, the maternal brother receives one-sixth, and the remainder goes to the full brother, while the paternal brother receives nothing. This distribution also applies to the shares of the children of brothers and sisters when combined with the shares of the husband or wife in inheritance.
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