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Bangladesh inheritance law calculator

Enter the family. You see the classical school's division beside the division under the statute of Bangladesh, with the article cited for each point where they differ.

Religious calculation under an unofficial copy of the statute; the court or registry decides.

What the statute changes

PointRuleIn this calculatorArticle
School where the statute is silentNot documented: you pick the schoolSchool—
Surplus to the blood sharers (radd)As the schoolSchool—
Surplus to a spouseAs the schoolSchool—
Extended relatives (arḥām)As the schoolSchool—
Grandfather with brothers and sistersAs the schoolSchool—
Shares above the estate (ʿawl)As the schoolSchool—
Children of a child who died firstThey take their parent's shareStatuteMuslim Family Laws Ordinance 1961 (Ord. VIII of 1961), s. 4 (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)
Estate with no heirNot in the sources readNot computed—

Points to know

  • Not computed: Agricultural land is outside the Shariat Act; its inheritance may follow other rules. Not computed. Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act 1937, s. 2 (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)

The family

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Spouse

Husband
Wife

Children

Son
Daughter
Son's son
Son's daughter

Parents

Father
Mother
More relatives

Grandparents

Father's father
Father's mother
Mother's mother

Siblings

Full brother
Full sister
Paternal brother
Paternal sister
Maternal brother
Maternal sister

Great-grandchildren

Great-grandson
Great-granddaughter

Nephews, uncles and cousins

Full nephew
Paternal nephew
Full paternal uncle
Paternal half-uncle
Full cousin
Paternal cousin

Other relatives (dhawū al-arḥām)

Daughter's son
Daughter's daughter
Sister's son
Sister's daughter
Maternal grandfather
Maternal uncle
Maternal aunt
Paternal aunt

Children of a child who died first

A son or daughter who died before the deceased: enter each one's children here, not in the family above.

Classical school and statute side by side

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Articles cited

  • Muslim Family Laws Ordinance 1961 (Ord. VIII of 1961), s. 4 (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)
  • Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act 1937, s. 2 (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)

Copy read: bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd