Islamic Inheritance Law( Philippines)

One dies leaving his two (2) daughters and his granddaughter (son's daughter). Which of the following statements is TRUE?

• a. All of the heirs will get equal shares.

• b. Only the son's daughter will get a share.

• c. Only the daughters will get a share and will exclude the son's daughter from getting a share in estate.

A man dies leaving a father and son. If the estate will be partitioned among the heirs, to whom the residue will be given?

• a. father

• b. son

• c. public treasury

Analogy

Residuaries in their own right : males : : Residuaries together with another: _______

• a. sons

• b. daughters

• c. females

• d. none of the above

What part of an estate will a WIFE get if the decedent has children?

• a. one-eighth

• b. one-fourth

• c. one-half

• d. one-sixth

Which among the Qur'anic heirs or sharers could not be excluded and at the same time could not exclude others?

• a. father or mother

• b. husband or wife

• c. son or daughter

• d. consanguine sister or consanguine brother

Of the Qur'anic sharers, which among of them will have a two-third's share of the estate?

• a. two(2) full sisters

• b. daughter and full sister

• c. son and daughter

• d. uterine brother and uterine sister

A uterine brother is excluded by the presence of a _______.

• a. a mother

• b. two (2) full brothers

• c. a daughter

If the surviving heirs are son's son and son's daughter, they are considered as _________.

• a. Residuaries together with another

• b. Residuaries in his own right

• c. Residuaries in another's right

The following are the surviving heirs: two (2) daughters , son's daughter and a full sister. Which among of them will be excluded in the partition of an estate?

• a. son's daughter

• b. full sister

• c. two (2) daughters

Analogy

1 daughter : one-half : : three (3) son's daughters: _____________

• a. one-half

• b. two-thirds

• c. one

• d. one-sixth