Paternal cousin
ابن العمّ لأب
The son of the deceased's paternal half-uncle. He is the last of the agnates the calculator lists.
Their share
Each row is a family run through the engine in all four schools; the share is the group share of the paternal cousin.
| Family | All four schools |
|---|---|
| Alone | 1 residue (ʿaṣaba) |
| With Wife | 3/4 residue (ʿaṣaba) |
| With Son | excluded |
| With Daughter | 1/2 residue (ʿaṣaba) |
| With Daughter × 2 | 1/3 residue (ʿaṣaba) |
| With Mother | 2/3 residue (ʿaṣaba) |
Who excludes them
Present even once, each of these excludes the paternal cousin in all four schools:
Whom they exclude
A single paternal cousin excludes, in all four schools:
Where the schools differ
In every situation above, the four schools give the paternal cousin the same share.
The verse
No inheritance verse of Sūrat an-Nisāʾ (4:11, 4:12, 4:176) names a share for the paternal cousin; their place follows the rules the scholars derived from the Sunnah and those verses.
Worked examples
Questions
- How much does the paternal cousin inherit?
- It depends on who else inherits. Computed in all four schools: alone: 1; with wife: 3/4; with son: excluded; with daughter: 1/2; with daughter × 2: 1/3.
- Does the paternal cousin inherit when there is a son?
- No. In all four schools a son excludes the paternal cousin entirely (ḥajb).
- Whom does the paternal cousin exclude?
- In all four schools a single paternal cousin excludes: 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 paternal cousin?
- Yes. In every situation computed here the Ḥanafī, Mālikī, Shāfiʿī and Ḥanbalī schools give the same share.