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Under hanafi law

The sharers are class I heirs and the residuaries are class II heirs, they together share the property
After shares have been allotted to sharers, the remaining property goes to the residuaries.

There is only one case when a distant kindred inherits along with a sharer, viz., when the sharer is a
husband or wife and there is neither any other sharer nor a residuary, then the distant kindred
inherits along with the husband or the wife. s, if a Muslim dies leaving behind a widow, W, and
full sister's son FSS (who is distant kindred), then W will take 1/4 as sharer, and the residue of the
estate, namely, the 3/4 will go to FSS

If a Muslim male dies leaving behind a widow and children, then the widow takes 1/8, and the
residue (i.e., 7/8) goes to children. If he dies leaving behind a widow and no child, then the widow,
takes 1/4. If he dies leaving behind more than one widow, then 1/8 (when there are children), or 1/4
(when there are no children), is distributed among them equally.

Doctrine of aul or increase When the sum total of the shares allotted to various heirs in accordance
with their entitlement -exceeds the unity, then the doctrine of aul lays down that the share of each
heir should be proportionately reduced. This is done by reducing the fractional shares to be common
denominator. Since this is done by increasing the denominator, the doctrine has been given the
name of increase (aul) though in fact the shares are proportionately reduced.

Doctrine of radd or return When there is surplus left after allotting the shares to the sharers in
accordance with their entitlement, and there are no residuaries to take the surplus, then the doctrine
of return lays down that the surplus is to be distributed among the sharers in proportion to their
respective shares under Muslim law of modern India, the doctrine of return lays down: (i) the
surplus is distributed among the sharers in proportion to their shares. (ii) But the husband or the
wife is not entitled to return, so long as there is a sharer or distant kindred alive. (If there is no
sharer or distant kindred, then the surplus returns to the wife or husband.

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