Who will inherit property of muslim unmarried male under Muslim Law

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Muslim law recognizes two types of heirs, Sharers and Residuaries. Sharers are the persons who are entitled to certain shares in the deceased’s property and Residuaries would take up the share in the property that is left over after the sharers have taken their part. The Sharers are 12 in number and are as follows: (1) Husband, (2) Wife, (3) Daughter, (4) Daughter of a son (or son's son or son's son and so on), (5) Father, (6) Paternal Grandfather, (7) Mother, (8) Grandmother on the male line, (9) Full sister (10) Consanguine sister (11) Uterine sister, and (12) Uterine brother. The share taken by each sharer will vary in certain conditions. For instance, a wife takes 1/4th of share in a case where the couple are without lineal descendants, and a one-eighth share otherwise. A husband (in the case of succession to the wife's estate) takes a half share in a case where the couple are without lineal descendants, and a one-fourth share otherwise. A sole daughter takes a half share. Where the deceased has left behind more than one daughter, all daughters jointly take two-thirds. If the deceased had left behind son(s) and daughter(s), then, the daughters cease to be sharers and become residuaries instead, with the residue being so distributed as to ensure that each son gets double of what each daughter gets. In your case the serial nos 1 to 4 is not applicable.

Advocate Ujjal Kumar Ray LawRato