Great-granddaughter
بنت ابن الابن
The daughter of the deceased's son's son. She inherits like a granddaughter one level further down, when nearer descendants leave room.
Their share
Each row is a family run through the engine in all four schools; the share is the group share of the great-granddaughter.
| Family | All four schools |
|---|---|
| Alone | 1 with return (radd) |
| With Wife | 7/8 with return (radd) |
| With Son | excluded |
| With Daughter | 1/4 with return (radd) |
| With Father | 1/2 fixed share (farḍ) |
| With Mother | 3/4 with return (radd) |
| With Son's daughter × 2 and Great-grandson | 1/9 residue (ʿaṣaba) |
| With Daughter, Father's father, and Full brother | 1/6 fixed share (farḍ) |
Who excludes them
Present even once, each of these excludes the great-granddaughter in all four schools:
Two or more of these exclude the great-granddaughter:
Whom they exclude
A single great-granddaughter excludes, in all four schools:
Where the schools differ
In every situation above, the four schools give the great-granddaughter the same share.
The verse
No inheritance verse of Sūrat an-Nisāʾ (4:11, 4:12, 4:176) names a share for the great-granddaughter; their place follows the rules the scholars derived from the Sunnah and those verses.
Worked examples
Questions
- How much does the great-granddaughter inherit?
- It depends on who else inherits. Computed in all four schools: with son: excluded; with father: 1/2; with son's daughter × 2 and great-grandson: 1/9; with daughter, father's father, and full brother: 1/6; alone: 1.
- Does the great-granddaughter inherit when there is a son?
- No. In all four schools a son excludes the great-granddaughter entirely (ḥajb).
- Whom does the great-granddaughter exclude?
- In all four schools a single great-granddaughter excludes: maternal brother, maternal sister, daughter's son, daughter's daughter, sister's son, sister's daughter, maternal grandfather, maternal uncle, maternal aunt, and paternal aunt.
- Do the four schools agree on the share of the great-granddaughter?
- Yes. In every situation computed here the Ḥanafī, Mālikī, Shāfiʿī and Ḥanbalī schools give the same share.