Lesson 3 - Core Topic
Spouses in Faraid
Shares of husbands and wives, with and without children.
The husband's share
A husband takes 1/2 of his wife's estate if she leaves no descendant (child or son's descendant), and 1/4 if she does.
The wife or wives' share
A wife takes 1/4 of her husband's estate if he leaves no descendant, and 1/8 if he does. If a man leaves more than one wife (up to four), this fraction is a single pool, divided equally among them - it is not multiplied per wife.
Spouses are never blocked
Unlike most other heirs, a spouse's share is never reduced to zero by another relative's presence - it only moves between the two Qur'anic fractions above. A spouse can, however, be affected by Awl (proportional reduction), though never increased by Radd.